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Genetic and genomic factors in aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

J Catania  and
DS Fairweather
J Catania*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester
DS Fairweather
Affiliation:
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
*
J Catania, Lecturer and Honorary Senior Registrar, University Hospital of South Manchester, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 8LR, UK.
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Biological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1991 , pp. 99 - 111
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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