Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: A population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schooling, C Mary ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   He, Yao ^b   Mak, Kwok Hang ^c   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 61649125215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-49     Document Type: Article

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