Centenarians: the older you get, the healthier you have been

被引：195

作者：

Hitt, R

Young-Xu, Y

Silver, M

Perls, T ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Dept Med, Gerontol Div, Boston, MA USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Div Aging, Boston, MA 02215 USA

来源：

LANCET | 1999年 / 354卷 / 9179期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01987-X

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

A retrospective analysis of the health and functional status of centenarians shows they are healthy and independent for most of their lives and experience a relatively rapid terminal decline.

引用

页码：652 / 652

页数：1

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