The Treviso Longeva (Trelong) study: A biomedical, demographic, economic and social investigation on people 70 years and over in a typical town of North-East of Italy

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 173-192

  Gallucci, M ^a   Ongaro, F ^b   Bresolin, F ^c   Bernardi, U ^c   Salvato, C ^a   Minello, A ^c   Amici, G P ^a   Barasciutti, E ^a   Mazzuco, S ^b   Gajo, G B ^f   De Angeli, S ^f   Forloni, G L ^d   Albani, D ^d   Zanardo, A ^e   Regini, C ^a  

^a ARGel   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Regional Hospital Treviso   (Italy)

^f Treviso General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demography of aging; Disability of elderly; Economy in late life; Mortality; Pathologies of elderly; Pharmacology in elderly; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SAMPLING; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847057698     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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