Telomere length and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Evidence of accelerated aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2372-2374

  Mui, Tammy S Y ^a   Man, Julie M ^a   McElhaney, Janet E ^b   Sandford, Andrew J ^a,b   Coxson, Harvey O ^a,b   Birmingham, C Laird ^b   Li, Yuexin ^a   Man, S F Paul ^a,b   Sin, Don D ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TELOMERE;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELOMERE;

EID: 71549166705     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02589.x     Document Type: Letter

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