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The evolution of aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

TBL Kirkwood
TBL Kirkwood*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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TBL Kirkwood, School of Biological Sciences and Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester, 3.239 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Biological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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