early programming of adult longevity: demographic and experimental studies. | it is supposed that longevity might be programmed by early life exposures. we had carried out demographic and experimental researches for the examination of the possibility of longevity programming. in demographic study, the recorded deaths in kiev (ukraine) between 1990 and 2000 (51,503 men and 50,131 women) were used. age at death was strongly associated with month of birth. subjects born in the middle of year (april-july) had the lowest longevity. increasing longevity was observed with each s ... | 2003 | 12941179 |