The influences on human longevity by HUMTHO1.STR polymorphism (Tyrosine Hydroxylase gene): A relative risk approach

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1403-1410

  Tan, Qihua ^a   Bellizzi, D ^b   Rose, G ^b   Garasto, S ^b   Franceschi, C ^c   Kruse, T ^a   Vaupel, J W ^d   De Benedictis, G ^b   Yashin, A I ^d,e  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longevity; Polymorphism; Relative risk; TH gene

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAZARD; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0036630045     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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