Assessment of Frailty in Animal Models

Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-25

  Howlett, Susan E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CAT; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84973441017     PISSN: 22973508     EISSN: 22973486     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000381131     Document Type: Article

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