Biodemography of old-age mortality in humans and rodents

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Gavrilova, Natalia S ^a   Gavrilov, Leonid A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gompertz law; Mortality deceleration; Old age mortality

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; WISTAR RAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84922444636     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu009     Document Type: Article

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