Alex comfort and the measure of aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-140

  Kirkwood, T B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE; AGING; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031974421     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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