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020 _z9781848165076 (pbk.)
020 _z1848165072 (pbk.)
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035 _a(OCoLC)670430629
050 1 4 _aQP85
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100 1 _aWeale, R. A.
_q(Robert Alexander)
245 1 0 _aYouth prolonged
_h[electronic resource] :
_bold age postponed /
_cRobert Weale.
246 3 0 _aOld age postponed
260 _aLondon :
_bImperial College Press ;
_aHackensack, NJ :
_bDistributed by World Scientific Publishing Co.,
_cc2010.
300 _axii, 134 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index.
505 0 _aWhat's the problem? -- Language as a barrier: "I can't hear you" -- Dress and appearance: disguising the years; failure? -- Digging up the past; or, Where do we come from?: Were our ancestors healthier than we are? -- Ageing factors: More about appearance: tell-tale signs - sun, smiles and smoking -- Guessing by experts -- More about the skin, posture and bones -- Biomarkers; or, The countdown to the end - men and women, life-expectancy -- The eyes have it -- Thought for food -- Why do we age? Is it a matter of biological economics -- Elements -- Some age-related diseases: risk factors - Alzheimer's disease, bones, cancers, heart, Parkinson's, stroke -- The end of ageing -- What can we do about all this? -- Old age -- Biomarkers -- The menopause -- Age in the distant past -- How does human ageing fit into the animal scheme? -- From end to start.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aLongevity.
650 0 _aAging
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aHealth.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10422309
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c142020
_d142020