Living longer - But better?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 72-93

  Jeune, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Comorbidity; Genetics; Immortality; Life expectancy; Longevity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 0036019370     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03324421     Document Type: Review

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