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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 6, 1980 - Issue 6
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The measurement of biological age

Frederic C. Ludwig M.D., D.Sc. Department of Pathology, California College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92717
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Mary E. Smoke Ph.D Department of Mathematics, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 90840
Pages 497-522 | Received 10 Jul 1980, Accepted 16 Aug 1980, Published online: 27 Sep 2007

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