Where are supercentenarians located? A worldwide demographic study

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-19

  Santos Lozano, Alejandro ^a,b   Sanchis Gomar, Fabian ^b   Pareja Galeano, Helios ^d   Fiuza Luces, Carmen ^b,d   Emanuele, Enzo ^c   Lucia, Alejandro ^b,d   Garatachea, Nuria ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84923335382     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2014.1609     Document Type: Article

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