Association of telomere length in older men with mortality and midlife body mass index and smoking

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 815-820

  Strandberg, Timo E ^a   Saijonmaa, Outi ^b   Tilvis, Reijo S ^b   Pitkälä, Kaisu H ^c   Strandberg, Arto Y ^b   Miettinen, Tatu A ^b   Fyhrquist, Frej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mortality; Obesity; Smoking; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SURVIVAL RATE; TELOMERE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DNA; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051479553     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr064     Document Type: Article

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