Understanding the Determinants of Exceptional Longevity

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 445-449

  Perls, Thomas ^a   Terry, Dellara ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CENTENARIAN; CHROMOSOME 4; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 1642556821     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-5_part_2-200309021-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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