Health span approximates life span among many supercentenarians: Compression of morbidity at the approximate limit of life span

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-405

  Andersen, Stacy L ^a   Sebastiani, Paola ^b   Dworkis, Daniel A ^c   Feldman, Lori ^a   Perls, Thomas T ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centenarian; Compression of morbidity; Health span; Oldest old; Supercentenarian

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84859051249     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr223     Document Type: Article

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