How much should we eat? The association between energy intake and mortality in a 36-year follow-up study of Japanese-American men

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 789-795

  Willcox, Bradley J ^a,b,c   Yano, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Chen, Randi ^a   Willcox, D Craig ^d   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^a,b,c   Masaki, Kamal H ^a,b,c   Donlon, Timothy ^e   Tanaka, Brandi ^a,b   Curb, J David ^a,b,c  

^a PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4444343634     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.8.b789     Document Type: Article

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