Do all systems age together?

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-86

  Aihie Sayer, A ^a,c   Osmond, C ^a   Briggs, R ^b   Cooper, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging markers, cross sectional study; Aging systems interrelationship; Chronological age; Height

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATARACT; COGNITION; DENTITION; GRIP STRENGTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032991485     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022068     Document Type: Article

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