Prospects for life span extension

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue , 2009, Pages 457-469

  Sierra, Felipe ^a   Hadley, Evan ^a   Suzman, Richard ^a   Hodes, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Longevity

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 67650729748     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.60.061607.220533     Document Type: Review

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