The stress of aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-456

  Cesari, Matteo ^a,b   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b   Gambassi, Giovanni ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clinical research; Frailty; Geriatric syndromes; Mechanisms of aging; Multidimensional; Theories of aging

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; FRAILTY; GENERAL CONDITION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXTENSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84875121019     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.10.004     Document Type: Note

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