Design, recruitment, logistics, and data management of the GEHA (Genetics of Healthy Ageing) project

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 934-945

  Skytthe, A ^a   Valensin, S ^b   Jeune, B ^a   Cevenini, E ^b   Balard, F ^c   Beekman, M ^d,e   Bezrukov, V ^f   Blanche, H ^g   Bolund, L ^h,i   Broczek, K ^j,k   Carru, C ^l   Christensen, K ^a,m   Christiansen, L ^a   Collerton, J C ⁿ   Cotichini, R ^o   de Craen, A J M ^d   Dato, S ^p   Davies, K ⁿ   De Benedictis, G ^p   Deiana, L ^l   Flachsbart, F ^q   Gampe, J ^r   Gilbault, C ^s   Gonos, E S ^t   Haimes, E ⁿ   Hervonen, A ^u   Hurme, M A ^u   Janiszewska, D ^j   Jylha M ^u   Kirkwood, T B L ⁿ   Kristensen, P ⁱ   Laiho, P ^v   Leon, A ^w   Marchisio, A ^l   Masciulli, R ^o   Nebel, A ^q   Passarino, G ^p   Pelicci, G ^x   Peltonen, L ^v   Perola, M ^v   Poulain, M ^s   Rea, I M ^y   Remacle, J ^z   Robine, J M ^c   Schreiber, S ^q   Scurti, M ^b   Sevini, F ^b   Sikora, E ^j   Skouteri, A ^t   Slagboom, P E ^d,e   Spazzafumo, L ^aa   Stazi, M A ^o   Toccaceli, V ^o   Toussaint, O ^ab   Tornwall O ^x   Vaupel, J W ^r   Voutetakis, K ^t   Franceschi, C ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing ^*  (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^g FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

^h BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^m ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁿ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^r MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^t INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^v NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^w Research Innovation srl   (Italy)

^x FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^y QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^z Eppendorf Array Technologies   (Belgium)

^aa Istituto Nazionale Ricovero e Cura Anziani   (Italy)

^ab University of Namur   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Europe; Genetics; Healthy ageing; Longevity; Nonagenarian sib pairs

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS OF HEALTHY AGEING PROJECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SIBLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80054853685     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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