Genetic nature of individual frailty: Comparison of two approaches

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Begun, Alexander Z ^a   Iachine, Ivan A ^b   Yashin, Anatoli I ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty models; Random hazards; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034084970     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.3.1.51     Document Type: Article

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