Why do we age so differently?;Hvorfor ældes vi så forskelligt?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1905-1909

  Christensen, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0033614069     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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