Open AccessPredictors of Longevity: Evidence From the Oldest Old in China
Author(s) -
Matthew E. Dupre,
Guangya Liu,
Danan Gu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.113886
Subject(s) - longevity , demography , residence , rural area , gerontology , china , inequality , logistic regression , geography , medicine , sociology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , pathology
We investigated the characteristics of the oldest old in China and examined whether the factors associated with longevity varied with advanced age.