Increasing Sibling Relative Risk of Survival to Older and Older Ages and the Importance of Precise Definitions of "Aging," "Life Span," and "Longevity"

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 340-346

  Sebastiani, Paola ^a   Nussbaum, Lisa ^a   Andersen, Stacy L ^b   Black, Mara J ^b   Perls, Thomas T ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centenarian; Demographic selection; Heritability; Longevity; Sibling relative risk

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SIBLING; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959887144     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv020     Document Type: Article

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