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THE CLOCK OF AGES : WHY WE AGE-- HOW WE AGE-- WINDING BACK THE CLOCK
The clock of ages : why we age-- how we age-- winding back the clock / Medina, John, 1956-

Material Type Books
Publisher Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press
Year 1996
Language English
Size xi, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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大学 Knowledge Forest 66
491.358/ME 000072673
9780521462440

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Contents Who ages?
A slippery overarching definition
Humanizing aging and death
Why age at all
How do we age?
How the skin and hair age
The aging of bones, muscles and joints
The aging of the brain
How the heart ages
The aging of the lungs
What happens to the digestion
How the senses age
The aging of the reproductive system
Why do we age?
A tale of two theories
Error accumulation
Programmed death
Winding back the clock
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index
Authors Medina, John, 1956- <MEDINA, JOHN, 1956->
Subjects LCSH:Aging
LCSH:Aging -- Genetic aspects  All Subject Search
LCSH:Aging -- Molecular aspects  All Subject Search
MESH:Aging
MESH:Aging -- genetics  All Subject Search
MESH:Aging -- physiology  All Subject Search
Classification NDC9:491.358
ID 1000069966
ISBN 9780521462440

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