What is healthy aging in the 21st century?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Antiinflammatory response; Darwinian fitness; Disposable soma; Early survival; Environment; Evolution; Genetics; Genome; IL 10; Life span; Longevity; Morbidity; Mortality; Proinflammatory response; TNF

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; AGED; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

GAMOCHAETA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 33644871979     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.2.404s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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