Associations between frequency of tea consumption and health and mortality: Evidence from old Chinese

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1686-1697

  Qiu, Li ^a   Sautter, Jessica ^b,c   Gu, Danan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Healthy longevity; Mortality; Older adults; Oldest old; Sex differentials; Tea consumption

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEA;

EID: 84868141543     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511007173     Document Type: Article

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