Cardiovascular risk factors and 18-month mortality and morbidity in an elderly Chinese population aged 70 years and over

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Woo, J ^a,b   Ho, S C ^a   Yuen, Y K ^a   Yu, L M ^a   Lau, J ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chinese; Elderly; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031986157     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021983     Document Type: Article

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