Physical independence and mortality at the extreme limit of life span: Supercentenarians study in Japan

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 486-494

  Arai, Yasumichi ^a   Inagaki, Hiroki ^b   Takayama, Michiyo ^a   Abe, Yukiko ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^c   Takebayashi, Toru ^a   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^d   Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Epidemiology.; Longevity; Physical function

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY.; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSICAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

CENTENARIANS; EPIDEMIOLOGY.; LONGEVITY; PHYSICAL FUNCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898968741     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt146     Document Type: Article

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