Impact of lifestyle in middle-aged women on mortality: Evidence from the Royal College of general practitioners' oral contraception study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 577, 2010, Pages 563-569

  Iversen, Lisa ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^a   Elliott, Alison M ^b   Fielding, Shona ^c  

^a Primary Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Centre of Academic Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Follow up studies; Lifestyle; Mortality; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78650569214     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X515052     Document Type: Article

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