A family longevity selection score: Ranking sibships by their longevity, size, and availability for study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1555-1562

  Sebastiani, Paola ^a   Hadley, Evan C ^b   Province, Michael ^c   Christensen, Kaare ^d   Rossi, Winifred ^a   Perls, Thomas T ^e   Ash, Arlene S ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged, 80 and over; Family data; Longevity; Shannon information

Indexed keywords

AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 71549142024     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp309     Document Type: Article

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