Evolutionary theories of aging: Handle with care

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 345-348

  Le Bourg, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Evolutionary theories of aging; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; THEORY;

EID: 0031739323     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022040     Document Type: Article

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