What is at stake in the ‘war on anti-ageing medicine’?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 675-684

  Vincent, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14644427022     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X03001387     Document Type: Article

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