New light on an age-old issue

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 673-674

  Whitson, Heather E ^a,b,c   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynamic response; Frailty; Stimulus response

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FRAILTY SYNDROME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56949090811     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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