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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877357903321

Titolo

Methodology of the study of ageing / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1957

ISBN

1-280-76858-4

9786613679352

0-470-71903-6

0-470-71650-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)

Disciplina

612.67

Soggetti

Aging

Geriatrics - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON AGEING VOLUME 3; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; The biological approach in the comparative study of ageing; The comparative biology of ageing : a physiological approach; Discussion; The study of the ageing of cells; Discussion; Examples of reactions to standard stimuli at different ages; Studies on adaptation as a method of gerontological research; Discussion; Methods and limitations in studies of human organ system function; Comparative values of studies of the whole organism and of whole tissue ;  clinicopathological tests of ageing; Discussion

Nutrition, liver disease and some aspects of ageing in AfricansThe use of inbred strains of animals in experimental gerontology; Discussion; Twin data on the genetics of ageing; Discussion; Methodological problems in the study of changes in human performance with age; Methodology of the study of intelligence and emotion in ageing; Discussion; General Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks