All-cause mortality and risk factors in a cohort of retired military male veterans, Xi'an, China: An 18-year follow up study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sai, Xiao Y ^a   He, Yao ^b   Men, Ke ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Huang, Jiu Y ^a   Shi, Qiu L ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Li, Liang S ^a   Choi, Bernard C K ^c,d   Yan, Yong P ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STROKE; VETERAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; LUNG TUMOR; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; VETERANS;

EID: 38849165402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-290     Document Type: Article

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