Evidence for senescent convergence during human aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-194

  Spencer, Richard P ^a   Clive, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0030582544     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01786-1     Document Type: Article

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