The tithonus error in modern gerontology

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-415

  Williams, George C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033378246     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/394111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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