Demographics of human supercentenarians and the implications for longevity medicine

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2004, Pages 490-495

  Coles, L Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Humans; Life; Longevity; Supercentenarians

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3242663336     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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