Are stress resistance and longevity really linked in normal living conditions?

Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-111

  Le Bourg, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Individual differences; Longevity; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS;

EID: 0036190755     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048936     Document Type: Article

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