Lifestyle and ethnicity play a role in all-cause mortality

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1180-1185

  Lubin, Flora ^a   Lusky, Ayala ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Dankner, Rachel ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Lifestyle habits; Mortality; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HABIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0037384842     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.4.1180     Document Type: Article

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