The different paths to 100

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Perls, Thomas T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; APOE 4; Centenarians; Compression of morbidity; Dementia; Genetics; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; AGED; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGEVITY;

EID: 33644872837     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.2.484s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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