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Editorial: Basic Biological Aging Research in Canada: Time for Rejuvenation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Karl T. Riabowol
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , Spring/printemps 1996 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1996

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