Risk factors for 5-year mortality in older adults: The cardiovascular health study

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 585-592

  Fried, Linda P ^a,i   Kronmal, Richard A ^b   Newman, Anne B ^c   Bild, Diane E ^d   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^e   Polak, Joseph F ^f   Robbins, John A ^g   Gardin, Julius M ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0032564824     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.8.585     Document Type: Article

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