Is older colder or colder older? The association of age with body temperature in 18,630 individuals

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-492

  Waalen, Jill ^a   Buxbaum, Joel N ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Longevity; Lower body temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79958256827     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr001     Document Type: Article

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