The longevity dividend: Why invest in basic aging research?

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Warner, Huber R ^a   Sierra, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 76749098523     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980809990286     Document Type: Short Survey

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