Age validation in the Long Life Family Study through a linkage to early-life census records

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 580-585

  Elo, Irma T ^a   Mykyta, Laryssa ^b   Sebastiani, Paola ^c   Christensen, Kaare ^d   Glynn, Nancy W ^e   Perls, Thomas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age validation; Census; Centenarian; Longevity; Oldest old participants

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE VALIDATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENSUS; CENTENARIAN; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGEVITY; MALE; OLDEST OLD PARTICIPANTS.; POPULATION RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE VALIDATION; CENSUS; CENTENARIAN; LONGEVITY; OLDEST OLD PARTICIPANTS.;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878864608     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt033     Document Type: Article

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