Anti-aging medicine: The hype and the reality - Part I. Introduction

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 513-514

  Olshansky, S Jay ^a   Hayflick, Leonard ^b   Perls, Thomas T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AGING; ANTI AGING MEDICINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GERIATRICS; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; AGED; ARTICLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY;

EID: 3042753346     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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