Telomeres, cancer, and aging: Altering the human life span

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1345-1348

  Banks, Dwayne A ^a   Fossel, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Mary's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL AGING; DIET; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030824616     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.16.1345     Document Type: Article

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