Lifestyle factors of people with exceptional longevity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1509-1512

  Rajpathak, Swapnil N ^a   Liu, Yingheng ^a   Ben David, Orit ^a   Reddy, Saritha ^a   Atzmon, Gil ^a   Crandall, Jill ^a   Barzilai, Nir ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lifestyle; longevity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXCEPTIONAL LONGEVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LIVING DONOR; LONGEVITY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JEWS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW YORK CITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 80051790555     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03498.x     Document Type: Review

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