Physical activity, alcohol and tobacco use and associated cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Second Australian National Blood Pressure study cohort

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Nelson, Mark Raymond ^a   Alkhateeb, Amasy Namuk ^b   Ryan, Philip ^c   Willson, Kristyn ^c   Gartlan, Janette Gwendoline ^a   Reid, Christopher Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77949357582     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp186     Document Type: Letter

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