What is the proximal cause of aging?

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Zimniak, Piotr ^a,b  

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

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 84874798024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00189     Document Type: Article

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