Genes and longevity: Lessons from studies of centenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages

  Yashin, Anatoli I ^a,b   De Benedictis, G ^e   Vaupel, J W ^a,b   Tan, Q ^a   Andreev, K F ^a   Iachine, I A ^c   Bonafe, M ^e   Valensin, S ^e   De Luca, M ^e   Carotenuto, L ^e   Franceschi, C ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17544399437     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.7.B319     Document Type: Article

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