White blood cell count and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a cohort of Koreans

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1062-1069

  Sun, Ha Jee ^a,b   Jung, Yong Park ^a   Kim, Hyon Suk ^a   Tae, Yong Lee ^c   Samet, Jonathan M ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Death; Leukocytes; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KOREA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 28544437378     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi326     Document Type: Article

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