Phenomenological theory of mortality

Physics Report

Volumn 288, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 545-574

  Azbel', Mark Ya ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Metabolism; Mortality; Species specific invariants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031232409     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(97)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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