Lifestyle habits and mortality from all and specific causes of death: 40-year follow-up in the italian rural areas of the seven countries study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 314-321

  Menotti, A ^a   Puddu, P E ^b   Lanti, M ^a   Maiani, G ^c   Catasta, G ^c   Fidanza, A Alberti ^d  

^a Association for Cardiac Research   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

40 year follow up.; Lifestyle; Mortality; Seven countries study; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; EATING HABIT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SITTING; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; ITALY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING;

EID: 84898902594     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0392-1     Document Type: Article

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