Using speed of ageing and "microlives" to communicate the effects of lifetime habits and environment

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7888, 2012, Pages

  Spiegelhalter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HABIT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; MICROLIFE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGING; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872084446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8223     Document Type: Short Survey

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