Interventions that increase the response to stress offer the potential for effective life prolongation and increased health

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Johnson, Thomas E ^a   Lithgow, Gordon J ^b   Murakami, Shin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; STRESS;

EID: 0030292450     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.6.B392     Document Type: Article

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