Do children of long-lived parents age more successfully?

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 334-339

  Frederiksen, Henrik ^a   McGue, Matt ^b   Jeune, Bernard ^a   Gaist, David ^a   Nybo, Hanne ^a   Skytthe, Axel ^a   Vaupel, James W ^c   Christensen, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Hand strength; Longevity; Oldest old; Parents; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0036228810     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200205000-00015     Document Type: Article

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