Etiology of individual differences in human health and longevity

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-228

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   Gerritsen, Lotte ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Dahl, Anna K ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERONTOLOGY; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LONGEVITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SENESCENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84908407623     PISSN: 01988794     EISSN: 19444036     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1891/0198-8794.34.189     Document Type: Chapter

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