Lifestyle factors and health outcomes in elderly Hong Kong Chinese aged 70 years and over

Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 234-240

  Woo, Jean ^a,b   Ho, S C ^a   Yu, A L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chinese elderly; Diet; Health outcomes; Mortality; Physical activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; FRACTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 0036281035     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058356     Document Type: Article

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