Ageing theories, diseases and microorganisms

Microbiology and Aging: Clinical Manifestations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-13

  Percival, Steven L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84900054227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-327-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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