Housework Reduces All-Cause and Cancer Mortality in Chinese Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Yu, Ruby ^a   Leung, Jason ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY INDEX; HEAVY HOUSEWORK; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SCALE OF THE ELDERLY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84877156279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061529     Document Type: Article

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