The science of healthy aging: Genes, milieu, and chance

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-10

  Rattan, Suresh I S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Homeodynamics; Homeostasis; Hormesis; Lifespan; Longevity; Stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COSMETIC; CURCUMIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; PAEONIFLORIN; RESVERATROL; THIOCTIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE; ZINC;

AGING; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL REGENERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; HEREDITY; HORMESIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STEM CELL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 35948983781     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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