Thyrotropin serum values and 3-year mortality in nonagenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1250-1251

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Ferrer, Assumpta ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Primary Health Care Centre El Pla CAP I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; SPAIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SPAIN; THYROTROPIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77958054561     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq076     Document Type: Letter

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