Tea consumption and mortality in the oldest-old Chinese

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1937-1942

  Ruan, Rongping ^a   Feng, Lei ^b   Li, Jialiang ^b   Ng, Tze Pin ^b   Zeng, Yi ^c,d  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

longitudinal study; mortality; oldest old Chinese; tea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; TEA;

LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OLDEST-OLD CHINESE; TEA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; TEA;

EID: 84887608248     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12498     Document Type: Article

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