Human longevity: Nature vs. nurturefact or fiction

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 422-441

  Carnes, Bruce A ^a   Jay Olshansky, S ^b   Gavrilov, Leonid ^c   Gavrllova, Natalia ^c   Graiin, Dougias ^a  

^a Argonne National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033278147     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1999.0023     Document Type: Article

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