Cohort Profile: the Jerusalem longitudinal cohort study
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COHORT PROFILE Cohort Profile: the Jerusalem longitudinal cohort study
Whilst it has been suggested that about 25% of the variability in human longevity is attributed to genetic influences, the remaining 75% is consequent upon a complex interplay of biological, environmental, social and culturally determined factors. In rising to the challenge of understanding the complexities of human ageing, a valuable tool to emerge in ageing research has been the longitudinal ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0300-5771,1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn252