The biostatistics of aging from Gompertzian mortality and to an index of aging-relatedness

A practical and clarifying approach to aging and aging-related diseases Providing a thorough and extensive theoretical framework, The Biostatistics of Aging: From Gompertzian Mortality to an Index of Aging-Relatedness addresses the surprisingly subtle notion-with consequential biomedical and public...

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Otros Autores: Levy, Gilberto, autor (autor), Levin, Bruce, 1948- autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley [2013]
Colección:Wiley ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:A practical and clarifying approach to aging and aging-related diseases Providing a thorough and extensive theoretical framework, The Biostatistics of Aging: From Gompertzian Mortality to an Index of Aging-Relatedness addresses the surprisingly subtle notion-with consequential biomedical and public health relevance-of what it means for a condition to be related to aging. In this pursuit, the book presents a new quantitative method to examine the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors to mortality and disease incidence in a population. With input fr.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9781118645826
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