Familial transmission of human longevity among the oldest-old in china

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-332

  You, Danzhen ^a   Gu, Danan ^b   Yi, Zeng ^c,d,e  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exceptional longevity; Familial longevity; Heritability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PARENT; SENESCENCE; SIBLING;

EID: 77952567810     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809340154     Document Type: Article

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