Temperature, stress response and aging

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Lithgow, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029782107     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004585     Document Type: Review

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