Stress to the rescue: Is hormesis a 'cure' for aging?

Dose-Response

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-52

  Kahn, Arnold ^a   Olsen, Anders ^b  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age related disease; Aging; C. elegans; Hormesis; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949546072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.09-031.Olsen     Document Type: Review

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