Brazil is getting older: Some lessons from the Bambuí health and aging study

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 79-80

  Lotufo, Paulo Andrade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 4444301070     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802004000300001     Document Type: Editorial

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