The benefits of risk factor prevention in Americans aged 51 years and older

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2096-2101

  Goldman, Dana P ^a,b   Zheng, Yuhui ^a   Girosi, Federico ^a   Michaud, Pierre Carl ^a   Olshansky, S Jay ^c   Cutler, David ^d   Rowe, John W ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OBESITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349930991     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.172627     Document Type: Article

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