Spousal correlations for lifestyle factors and selected diseases in Chinese couples

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-291

  Jurj, Adriana L ^a   Wen, Wanqing ^a   Li, Hong Lan ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a   Yang, Gong ^a   Xiang, Yong Bing ^b   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Life Style; Medical History; Spousal Correlation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINESE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GINSENG; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; INFORMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TEA; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 33644955956     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.07.060     Document Type: Article

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