Measuring the genetic influence in modulating the human life span: Gene-environment interaction and the sex-specific genetic effect

Biogerontology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 141-153

  Tan, Qihua ^a   De Benedictis, G ^b   Yashin, A I ^a,c   Bonafe, M ^d   DeLuca, M ^b   Valensin, S ^d   Vaupel, J W ^a   Franceschi, C ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene; Heterogeneity; Longevity; Survival analysis; Two step MLE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; ITALY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034843495     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011557022985     Document Type: Article

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