Rationale, design, and profiles of the new integrated suburban seniority investigation (NISSIN) project: A study of an age-specific, community-based cohort of Japanese elderly

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 237-243

  Kitamura, Tetsuhisa ^a   Kawamura, Takashi ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^b   Wakai, Kenji ^c   Ando, Masahiko ^a   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age specific; Cohort study; Elderly; Physical functioning; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70349576499     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20081026     Document Type: Article

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