Centenarians today: New insights on selection from the 5-COOP study

Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Robine, Jean Marie ^a   Cheung, Siu Lan Karen ^b   Saito, Yasuhiko ^c   Jeune, Bernard ^d   Parker, Marti G ^e   Herrmann, Franois R ^f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79955073432     PISSN: 16877063     EISSN: 16877071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/120354     Document Type: Article

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