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

• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1957
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.67
• Soggetto topico: Aging; Geriatrics - Methodology
• Altri autori: WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Methodology of the study of ageing
• ISBN: 1-280-76858-4; 9786613679352; 0-470-71903-6; 0-470-71650-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877357903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing ; ; v. 3.