Siblings of centenarians live longer

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9115, 1998, Pages 1560-

  Perls, Thomas T ^a   Bubrick, Ellen ^b   Wager, Carrie G ^b   Vijg, Jan ^b   Kruglyak, Leonid ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0008966994     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61126-9     Document Type: Article

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