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020 _a9780195167399 ;0195167392
060 _aWT 104
_b.A75 2006
100 _aArking, Robert.
245 4 _aThe biology of aging :
_bobservations and principles /
_cRobert Arking.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aOxford ;;New York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006
300 _axiv, 604 p. :
_bill.
_c25.5 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 527-590) and index.
505 _aPerspectives 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.
650 _aAging
650 _aAging
942 _bDIMC
_cBK
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_d25976