Impact of smoking, diabetes and hypertension on survival time in the elderly: The Dubbo Study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 219-222

  Simons, Leon A ^a   Simons, Judith ^a   McCallum, John ^b   Friedlander, Yechiel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 14844355221     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06670.x     Document Type: Article

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