Computer Modeling in the Study of Aging

Handbook of the Biology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 334-357

  Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a   Boys, Richard J ^b   Gillespie, Colin S ^a   Procter, Carole J ^a   Shanley, Daryl P ^a   Wilkenson, Darren J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088387-5/50015-7     Document Type: Chapter

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