Causes, effects, and constraints in the genetics of human longevity

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1008-1014

  Schächter, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; HLA ANTIGEN;

AGING; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031982140     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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