Gender differences in the relationship between smoking and frailty: Results from the Beijing longitudinal study of aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 338-346

  Wang, Chunxiu ^a,b,c   Song, Xiaowei ^b,d   Mitnitski, Arnold ^b   Yu, Pulin ^c   Fang, Xianghua ^a   Tang, Zhe ^a   Shi, Jing ^c   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b,e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elder; Frailty index; Health; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873631365     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls166     Document Type: Article

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