Differential patterns of age-related mortality increase in middle age and old age

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-507

  Horiuchi, Shiro ^a   Finch, Caleb E ^b   Meslé, France ^c   Vallin, Jacques ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FRANCE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENESCENCE; SENILE DEMENTIA;

EID: 0037794223     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.6.b495     Document Type: Article

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