Youth prolonged [[electronic resource] ] : old age postponed / / Robert Weale |
Autore | Weale R. A (Robert Alexander) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Longevity
Aging - Prevention Health |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-76010-6
9786612760105 1-84816-508-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What'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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455600403321 |
Weale R. A (Robert Alexander)
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London, : Imperial College Press | ||
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Youth prolonged [[electronic resource] ] : old age postponed / / Robert Weale |
Autore | Weale R. A (Robert Alexander) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Longevity
Aging - Prevention Health |
ISBN |
1-282-76010-6
9786612760105 1-84816-508-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What'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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780895103321 |
Weale R. A (Robert Alexander)
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London, : Imperial College Press | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Youth prolonged [[electronic resource] ] : old age postponed / / Robert Weale |
Autore | Weale R. A (Robert Alexander) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Longevity
Aging - Prevention Health |
ISBN |
1-282-76010-6
9786612760105 1-84816-508-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What'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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824083903321 |
Weale R. A (Robert Alexander)
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London, : Imperial College Press | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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