The Biology of Aging: Implications for Diseases of Aging and Health Care in the Twenty-First Century

Geriatric Neurology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-37

  Watt, Douglas F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Evolutionary environment; Health care; Western technological environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015577755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118730676.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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