Moderate Alcohol Use, Health Status, and Mortality in a Prospective Chinese Elderly Cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 396-403

  Sun, Wenjie ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a   Chan, Wai Man ^b   Ho, Kin Sang ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chinese; Health Status; Mortality; Old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65549086019     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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