Adaptive senectitude: The prolongevity effects of aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-182

  Le Couteur, David G ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular risk factors; Evolution; Geriatric medicine; Grandmother hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVOLUTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 79951784300     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq171     Document Type: Review

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