TY - BOOK AU - Arking, Robert. TI - The biology of aging: observations and principles SN - 9780195167399 ;0195167392 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford ;;New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Aging N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-590) and index; Perspectives on aging -- Measuring age-related changes in populations -- Measuring age-related changes in individuals -- Evolutionary and comparative aspects of longevity and senescence -- Human aging -- Altering aging: interventions that modify longevity and senescence -- Genetic determinants of longevity in animal models -- Genetic and social aspects of aging in humans -- Mechanisms underlying the transition from health to senescence -- Stochastic theories of aging -- Systemic theories of senescence -- Senescence as a breakdown of intracellular regulatory processes -- Senescence as a breakdown of intercellular regulatory processes -- A theory of aging over the life span -- Aging-related research and its impact on society ER -