Population based study of social and productive activities as predictors of survival among elderly Americans

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7208, 1999, Pages 478-483

  Glass, Thomas A ^a   Mendes De Leon, Carlos ^b   Marottoli, Richard A ^c   Berkman, Lisa F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342961310     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7208.478     Document Type: Article

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