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The relationship between aging and disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Michael A Horan  and
Neil Pendleton
Michael A Horan*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Neil Pendleton
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
Professor Michael A Horan, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Research and Teaching Building, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 8LR, UK.
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Biological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1995 , pp. 125 - 141
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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