Old people, alcohol use and mortality. A ten-year prospective study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 426-433

  Tolvanen, Eija ^a   Seppä, Kaija ^b   Lintonen, Tomi ^a   Paavilainen, Paula ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Beverage type; Life style; Longitudinal; Mortality; Wine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX; SMOKING; WINE; AGING; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WINE;

EID: 33644844799     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324633     Document Type: Article

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