Cancer and longevity--is there a trade-off? A study of cooccurrence in Danish twin pairs born 1900-1918.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on April 03, 2012

Authors

Kaare Christensen1, Jacob K Pedersen, Jacob V B Hjelmborg, James W Vaupel, Tinna Stevnsner, Niels V Holm, Axel Skytthe

Author Affiliations

1: The Danish Twin Registry, Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark. kchristensen@health.sdu.dk

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