Assessment of the health status of centenarians in the south of China: A cross-sectional study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1402-1404

  He, Yong Han ^a,b   Zhang, Yun Xia ^c   Yang, Li Qin ^a,b   Liao, Xiao Ping ^c   Zhang, Qing Ying ^a   Cai, Wang Wei ^c   Kong, Qing Peng ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases   (China)

^c HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84904440807     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12895     Document Type: Letter

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