The doctors of time

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-24

  Hall, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Box MED/GMU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; TIME;

EID: 0034602790     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-1-200001040-00004     Document Type: Review

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