Mapping the road to resilience: Novel math for the study of frailty

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 677-679

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Giallauria, Francesco ^a   Schlessinger, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; biological homeostasis; biology of aging; frailty; resilience

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRAILTY; GENE MAPPING; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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: 56949104439     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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