Genetic and environmental influences on decline in biobehavioral markers of aging

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-123

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c   Reynolds, Chandra A ^d   Berg, Stig ^e   De Faire, Ulf ^b   Svartengren, Magnus ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Biobehavioral markers; Latent growth models; Longitudinal twin data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRIP STRENGTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; TWINS; WELLBEING; ZYGOSITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 0037349350     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022549700943     Document Type: Article

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