What is hormesis?

Mild Stress and Healthy Aging: Applying Hormesis in Aging Research and Interventions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5-19

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 46949111882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6869-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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