The endeavor of high maintenance homeostasis: Resting metabolic rate and the legacy of longevity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 466-471

  Ruggiero, Carmelinda ^a,b,c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 33646905903     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.5.466     Document Type: Article

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