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| There is no such thing as aging | | Author(s) | Richard Peto, Richard Doll |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 315, no 7115, 25 October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1030-1032 (BMJ Aging issue) |
| Keywords | Biological ageing ; Ageing process ; Diseases. |
| Annotation | Old age is associated with disease, but does not cause it. The authors give their explanations as to why and what biological mechanisms account for differences in mortality between old and young adults: all major adults diseases will tend to be much commoner in old age than in early life. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971118402 A |
| Classmark | BH: BG: CJ * |
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