Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 396-403 , June 2009

Moderate Alcohol Use, Health Status, and Mortality in a Prospective Chinese Elderly Cohort

  • Wenjie Sun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
    • ,
  • C. Mary Schooling, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Wai Man Chan, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
    • ,
  • Kin Sang Ho, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
    • ,
  • Tai Hing Lam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Professor T. H. Lam, 5/F William M. W. Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong. Tel.: 00852 28199287; fax: 00852 28559528.
    • ,
  • Gabriel M. Leung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Received 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 27 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.011

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 396-403 , June 2009

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