Cohort profile: The Hertfordshire Ageing Study (HAS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-43

  Syddall, H E ^a   Simmonds, S J ^a   Martin, H J ^a   Watson, Clare ^a   Dennison, E M ^a   Cooper, C ^a   Sayer, A Aihie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES;

AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAKNESS; AGE; AGED; DIET; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952300076     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn275     Document Type: Article

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