The effects of socioeconomic globalization on health and aging in highlanders compared to lowlanders in Yunnan, China, and Kochi, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1027-1038

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Kasahara, Yoriko ^b   Wada, Taizo ^c   Sakamoto, Ryota ^a   Kosaka, Yasuyuki ^a   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^b   Hirosaki, Mayumi ^b   Kimura, Yumi ^b   Fujisawa, Michiko ^d   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^e   Tan, Xiaoxia ^f   Zhang, Hai ^f   Zhao, Haijuan ^f   Er, Wu Ni ^f   Yin, Shaoting ^f   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Highlander; Hypertension; Quality of life; Socio economic globalization

Indexed keywords

AGING; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRATION; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UPLAND REGION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; JAPAN; KOCHI [SHIKOKU]; SHIKOKU; YUNNAN;

EID: 81255193922     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0784-1     Document Type: Article

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