New Developments in the Biodemography of Aging and Longevity

Gerontology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-371

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodemography; Centenarians; Longevity; Maternal age; Mortality trajectories

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIODEMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; RAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84937525295     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369011     Document Type: Review

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