Heritability of life span in the old order amish

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 346-352

  Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Hsueh, Wen Chi ^b   King, Terri M ^c   Pollin, Toni I ^d   Sorkin, John ^e   Agarwala, Richa ^e   Schäffer, Alejandro A ^a   Shuldiner, Alan R ^b  

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

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Vet Admin Geriatrics Research   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish; Heritability; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0035451499     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1483     Document Type: Article

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