Trends in women's risk factors and chronic conditions: Findings from the Australian longitudinal study on women's health

Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-432

  Lucke, Jayne ^a   Waters, Bree ^a   Hockey, Richard ^a   Spallek, Melanie ^a   Gibson, Richard ^b   Byles, Julie ^b   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Asthma; Chronic diseases; Diabetes; Heart Disease; Hypertension; Incidence; Longitudinal study; Osteoporosis; Prevalence; Risk factors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447534216     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.3.4.423     Document Type: Article

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