Age-correlated changes of the erythrocyte catalase activity in the Spanish population

Gerontology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 251-254

  Casado, Angela ^a   López Fernández, María Encarnación ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Catalase; Healthy Spanish population; Sex

Indexed keywords

CATALASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATALASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 0037942562     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070406     Document Type: Article

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