Cohort profile: Hong Kong department of health elderly health service cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-72

  Schooling, C M ^a   Chan, W M ^b   Leung, S L ^b   Lam, T H ^a   Lee, S Y ^b   Shen, C ^a   Leung, J Y ^a   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGE STRUCTURE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; AGING; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84964059185     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu227     Document Type: Article

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