Comparative gerontology - From mussels to man

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-297

  Ungvari, Zoltan ^a   Philipp, Eva E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Comparative biology; Invertebrate; Life span

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE;

EID: 79955091591     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq198     Document Type: Editorial

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