Discovering the secrets of successful longevity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-226

  Barzilai, Nir ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

AGED; ALLELE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037341851     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.3.m225     Document Type: Editorial

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