Human Senescence

Basics in Human Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 309-320

  Sievert, Lynnette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84940759885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802652-6.00022-0     Document Type: Chapter

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