Aging and inflammation in two epidemiological worlds

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-199

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Winking, Jeffrey ^b   Finch, Caleb ^c   Crimmins, Eileen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Infection; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; BLOOD; BOLIVIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BOLIVIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449083750     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.2.196     Document Type: Article

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