Survival and mortality in older adults living at high altitude in Bolivia: A preliminary report

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1955-1956

  Virues Ortega, Javier ^a   Hogan, Alexandra M ^b   Baya Botti, Ana ^c   Kirkham, Fenella J ^b   Baldeweg, Torsten ^b   Mahillo Fernandez, Ignacio ^d   De Pedro Cuesta, Jesus ^d   Bucks, Romola S ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; BOLIVIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; LETTER; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ALTITUDE; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70350413397     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02468.x     Document Type: Letter

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