Accuracy of the centenarian numbers in Okinawa and the role of the Okinawan diet on longevity. Responses to Le Bourg about the article "Exploring the impact of climate on human longevity"

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 840-842

  Robine, Jean Marie ^a   Herrmann, François R ^b   Arai, Yasumichi ^c   Willcox, D Craig ^d,e,f   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^g   Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^c   Suzuki, Makoto ^d,e,h   Saito, Yasuhiko ⁱ  

^a EHESS Sciences   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science   (Japan)

^f KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

ⁱ NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Centenarians; Climate; Japan; Okinawan diet; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTENARIAN; CLIMATE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; FAT INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE AND RELATED PHENOMENA; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAR; WESTERNIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CENTENARIANS; CLIMATE; JAPAN; OKINAWAN DIET; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 84880177855     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.04.015     Document Type: Letter

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