Genetic influences on life span and survival among elderly African-Americans, Caribbean Hispanics, and Caucasians

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 128 A, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Lee, Joseph H ^a,b   Flaquer, Antonia ^a   Costa, Rosann ^a,b   Andrews, Howard ^b   Cross, Peter ^b   Lantigua, Rafael ^a,c   Schupf, Nicole ^a,b   Tang, Ming Xin ^a,b   Mayeux, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ethnic groups; Genetic influence; Heritability

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN HISPANIC; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEREDITABILITY; HEREDITABILITY COEFFICIENT; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBAND; SIBLING; SOCIAL WELFARE; SURVIVAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444227433     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30062     Document Type: Article

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