Cardiovascular Disease Delay in Centenarian Offspring

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-389

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

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CENTENARIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 1842680838     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.4.m385     Document Type: Article

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