Familial excess longevity in Utah genealogies

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Kerber, R A ^a   O'Brien, E ^a   Smith, K R ^a   Cawthon, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035118502     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.3.B130     Document Type: Article

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