Nonagenarians and centenarians in a rural han chinese population: LifeStyle and epidemics

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1723-1724

  Ye, Jun Jie ^a   Li, Jiang Chuan ^a   Peng, Lin ^a   Gong, Yuan Ying ^b   Xie, Liang ^b   Lian, Shi Gang ^c   Yang, Zhao ^c   Zhou, Yu Fei ^d  

^a Yunnan Research Institute of Family Planning   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c People's Hospital of Dujiangyan   (China)

^d Luoyang Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; CHINESE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 69549121878     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02414.x     Document Type: Letter

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