Cardiovascular advantages among the offspring of centenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 425-431

  Terry, Dellara F ^a   Wilcox, Marsha ^a,b   McCormick, Maegan A ^a   Lawler, Elizabeth ^a,c   Perls, Thomas T ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATARACT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SENESCENCE; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0037968348     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.5.m425     Document Type: Article

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