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Do "big guys" really die younger? An examination of height and lifespan in former professional basketball players

While factors such as genetics may mediate the relationship between height and mortality, evidence suggests that larger body size may be an important risk indicator of reduced lifespan longevity in particular. This study critically examined this relationship in professional basketball players. We ex...

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Autores principales: Lemez, Srdjan, Wattie, Nick, Baker, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28968418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185617