Aging and disease: Extending functional life span

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 786, Issue , 1996, Pages 321-336

  Harman, Denham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; LIFESPAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029743640     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb39074.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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