Effects of environmental factors on the longevous people in China

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-205

  Lv, Jinmei ^a   Wang, Wuyi ^a   Li, Yonghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Centenariety index (CI ); Climate; Longevity index (LI ); Topography

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960090157     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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