The relationships of animal age and caloric intake to cellular replication in vivo and in vitro: A review

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages

  Wolf, Norman S ^a   Pendergrass, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL DIVISION; HORMONE METABOLISM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033377627     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.11.B502     Document Type: Review

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