Sex Differences in Lifespan

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1022-1033

  Austad, Steven N ^a   Fischer, Kathleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; DROSOPHILA; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORM; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84975494455     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.05.019     Document Type: Review

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