Mortality is Written on the Face

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-77

  Gunn, David Andrew ^a   Larsen, Lisbeth Aagaard ^b   Lall, Jaspal Singh ^a   Rexbye, Helle ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clothing; Facial aging; Hair; Longevity; Perceived age; Skin

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FACIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

AGED; AGING; DENMARK; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FACIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 84960474875     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv090     Document Type: Article

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