Month of birth and survival to age 105+: Evidence from the age validation study of German semi-supercentenarians

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 829-835

  Doblhammer, Gabriele ^a   Scholz, Rembrandt ^b   Maier, Heiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early life; Germany; Month of birth; Mortality; Supercentenarians; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PARTURITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 26244435976     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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