Assessment of the health status in the Massa Lombarda cohort: A preliminary description of the program evaluating cardio-cerebro-vascular disease risk factors and quality of life in an elderly population

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 309-314

  Nascetti, S ^a   Linarello, S ^a   Escurti, M ^a   Grandi, ^a   Gaddoni, M ^b   Noera, G ^b   Gaddi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Acad Spin off Hlth R and D   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease in elderly; Epidemiology of aging; Healthy aging; Massa Lombarda Program

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DIET; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042592117     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.041     Document Type: Article

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