Aging: Phenomena and theories

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 854, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-7

  Harman, Denham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0032409515     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09886.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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