Death as an unnatural process

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Caplan, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AGEISM; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIOETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; LOW CALORY DIET; MORALITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGERIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEATH; DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 24744432957     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400435     Document Type: Article

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