Maternal and paternal lines of familial longevity

Population

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,b   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84937387769     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: 19589190     Source Type: Journal    
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