Does diet matter for survival in long-lived cultures?

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-6

  Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a   Darmadi Blackberry, Irene ^b   Kouris Blazos, Antigone ^a   Jolley, Damien ^a   Steen, Bertil ^c   Lukito, Widjaja ^d   Horie, Yoshimitsu ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADL; Anglo Celts; Australians; Culture; Elderly; Exercise; FHILL; Gender; Greeks; Japanese; Longevity; Mediterranean diet; Memory; Smoking; Social factors; Survival; Swedes

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17144413768     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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