Prevalence and Risk Factors for Angina in Elderly Taiwanese

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-165

  Lin, Yu Cheng ^a   Chu, Fang Yeh ^a   Fu, Cheng Chung ^b   Chen, Jong Dar ^a  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ROSE QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANGINA;

EID: 1442282371     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.2.m161     Document Type: Article

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