When does human ageing begin?

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-297

  Milne, Eugene M G ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Riverside House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cause of death; Demography; Fertility; Fitness; Humans; Menarche; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONCEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE;

EID: 32244435125     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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