Longevity and correlated frailty in multigenerational families

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1253-1261

  Garibotti, Gilda ^a,c   Smith, Ken R ^a,b   Kerber, Richard A ^b   Boucher, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 33846419513     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.12.1253     Document Type: Article

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