Can rodent longevity studies be both short and powerful?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Robertson, Henry T ^a   Smith, Daniel L ^a,b   Pajewski, Nicholas M ^a   Weindruch, Richard H ^c   Garland Jr , Theodore ^d   Argyropoulos, George ^e   Bokov, Alex ^f   Allison, David B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Longevity; Proportional hazards; Rodent studies; Sample size; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; LONGEVITY; RATS;

EID: 79955081593     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq190     Document Type: Article

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