Confronting the Boundaries of Human Longevity

American Scientist

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-61

  Olshansky, S Jay ^a   Carnes, Bruce A ^b   Grahn, Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Ctr Mechanistic Biol and Biotech   (United States)

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EID: 0002238287     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/1998.17.914     Document Type: Article

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