In search of the underlying mechanisms of frailty: Editorial

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages

  Cohen, H J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGING; COGNITION; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034470061     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.12.M706     Document Type: Editorial

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