A new approach to the concept and computation of biological age

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-248

  Klemera, Petr ^a   Doubal, Stanislav ^a  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aging; Biological age; Linear biomarkers; Nonlinear biomarkers; Optimum estimate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 32244445440     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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