The association between adult mortality risk and family history of longevity: The moderating effects of socioeconomic status

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 703-716

  Temby, Owen F ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UTAH;

EID: 84910616991     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932013000515     Document Type: Article

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