Gender differences in survival in old age

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 499-506

  Jacobs, Jeremy M ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a,b   Ein Mor, Eliana ^a   Stessman, Jochanan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SURVIVAL; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84918829751     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2014.1587     Document Type: Article

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