The war on "anti-aging medicine"

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-14

  Binstock, Robert H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti aging; Biology of aging; Gerontology; Research funding; Science policy

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COSMETIC; DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; PRASTERONE; RNA;

ADVERTIZING; AGE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGY; BUDGET; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GERONTOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MARKETING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILL; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCIENCE; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0037321716     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.1.4     Document Type: Review

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