No sex-linked inheritance of longevity between Japanese centenarians and their relatives [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 849-850

  Ohta, Toshiki ^a   Ogihara, Ryuji ^b   Sone, Keiichi ^b   Nakamura, Orie ^a,c  

^a CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Japan Hlth Prom and Fitness Found   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; RELATIVE; SEX CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; SIBLING; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342472027     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52230_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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