Male/female ratio in centenarians: A possible role played by population genetic structure

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1283-1289

  Passarino, G ^a   Calignano, C ^a   Vallone, A ^a   Franceschi, C ^b   Jeune, B ^c   Robine, J M ^d   Yashin, A I ^e   Cavalli Sforza, L L ^f   De Benedictis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Anticancer Center   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calabria; Centenarians; Male female ratio

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0036814371     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00140-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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