The different paths to age one hundred

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1055, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-25

  Perls, Thomas ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age associated disease; Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Gender; Genetics; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Inheritance; Longevity; Morbidity and mortality

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SIBLING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 32244440731     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1323.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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