Risk factors and health determinants in older Italians

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-12

  Farchi, Gino ^a   Brescianini, Sonia ^a,k   Maggi, Stefania ^b   Mariotti, Sergio ^a   Scafato, Emanuele ^a   Di Carlo, Antonio ^b   Baldereschi, Marzia ^b   Inzitari, Domenico ^c   Capurso, A ^d   Livrea, P ^d   Motta, L ^e   Bentivegna, P ^e   Bonaiuto, S ^f   Gandolfo, C ^g   Canal, N ^h   Franceschi, M ^h   Rengo, F ⁱ   Enzi, G ^j   Carbonin, P ^k  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^f INRCA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h San Raf faele Institute   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Aging; Cohort study; Health determinants; ILSA; Italy; Older people; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 11144354474     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324525     Document Type: Article

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