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Extensively revised and updated to reflect the current state of knowledge in the study of aging, this Fourth Edition offers a complete profile of the aging process at all levels, from molecules and cells to demography and evolution. Written by international experts in current basic and clinical aging research, this text includes aspects of individual, comparative, and differential aging, and discussions of theories and mechanisms of aging. This invaluable reference illustrates how bodily systems, organs, and functions are affected with aging, describes how genetic and environmental factors influence age-related changes, and addresses some of the clinical consequences of these changes for health and longevity. Well illustrated, with numerous tables and graphs, this book presents up-to-date information from internationally renowned experts in various bio-medical fields.
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- emphasis on emerging technologies and recent advances in biology and bioengineering that allow greater and longer independence of the elderly
- recent therapeutic developments in key diseases such as Alzheimer's, osteopenia, osteoporosis, high cholesterol, diabetes, gastritis, sexual impotence, and using transgenic animals as models of aging
- evaluation of the latest knowledge on the roles of oxidants and antioxidants, and correlates them with other aging-based theories
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...This book is the benchmark text in the field....The book deserves to be on appropriate shelves as the definitive text in this area.
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...an excellent book...current and useful to a broad spectrum of individuals with different levels of biological and educational backgrounds...an excellent ready source of current information on aging and geriatrics for those working in these fields.
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...This book is the benchmark text in the field....The book deserves to be on appropriate shelves as the definitive text in this area.
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...This book is the benchmark text in the field....The book deserves to be on appropriate shelves as the definitive text in this area.
-Doody's Review Services
...an excellent book...current and useful to a broad spectrum of individuals with different levels of biological and educational backgrounds...an excellent ready source of current information on aging and geriatrics for those working in these fields.
Denham Harman, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA)
from previous editions...
...This book is the benchmark text in the field....The book deserves to be on appropriate shelves as the definitive text in this area.
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- PublisherCRC Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0849373050
- ISBN 13 9780849373053
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number4
- Number of pages424
- EditorTimiras Paola S.
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