Publications and Media

Publications

Characteristics of 32 Supercentenarians
Schoenhofen, E., Wyszynski, D.F., Andersen, S., Pennington, J., Young, R., Terry, D.F., & Perls, T.T., 2006. Characteristics of 32 Supercentenarians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54, 1237-1240.

Survival of Parents and Siblings of Supercentenarians
Perls, T.T., Kohler, I., Andersen, S., Schoenhofen, E., Pennington, J., Young, R., Terry, D., Elo, I.T., 2007. Survival of Parents and Siblings of Supercentenarians. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 62, 1028-1034.

Please go to the New England Centenarian Study website for more of what we do and our publications related to that broader study.

Media

BU researcher learns the secrets of long life through Medical Center study.
By: Anna Webster

Primary teaching affiliate
of BU School of Medicine