Dietary quality, lifestyle factors and healthy ageing in Europe: The SENECA study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-434

  Haveman Nies, Annemien ^a   de Groot, Lisette C P G M ^a   van Staveren, Wija A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Healthy ageing; Lifestyle; Mortality; SENECA

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIET; EUROPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0041402833     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.4.427     Document Type: Article

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