Determinants of longevity: genetic, environmental and medical factors
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Determinants of longevity: genetic, environmental and medical factors.
This review focuses on the determinants of longevity in the industrialized world, with emphasis on results from recently established data bases. Strong evidence is now available that demonstrates that in developed countries the maximum lifespan as well as the mean lifespan have increased substantially over the past century. There is no evidence of a genetically determined lifespan of around 85 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0954-6820,1365-2796
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1996.d01-2853.x