Abstract

This report presents data from a number of recent surveys undertaken in China including the 1983 ecological survey the 1973-1975 mortality survey and the 1984 nitrosamine survey. The chief purpose of the present monograph is simply to describe [population heterogeneity in China] by studying 65 rural counties and providing for each of them information on about 367 characteristics (82 standardized mortality rates from specific diseases and 285 biochemical and other characteristics chiefly from a special 1983 survey of adult blood urine diet and lifestyle in two randomly chosen villages in each of those 65 counties). (EXCERPT)

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ChinaLife styleStyle (visual arts)HistoryDemographyGeographySociologyArchaeology

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Year
1991
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Volume
28
Issue
11
Pages
28-5997
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186
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Jian‐Min Chen, Campbell Tc, Li J et al. (1991). Diet, life-style, and mortality in China: a study of the characteristics of 65 Chinese counties. Choice Reviews Online , 28 (11) , 28-5997. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.28-5997

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10.5860/choice.28-5997