Centenarians: Human longevity outliers

Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-207

  Smith, David W E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age 85 +; Cancer; Causes of death; Circulatory diseases; Life span; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY;

EID: 0030995134     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/37.2.200     Document Type: Article

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