Insulin Resistance and Aging: A Cause or a Protective Response?
β Scribed by Barzilai, Nir (author);Ferrucci, Luigi (author)
- Book ID
- 124055777
- Publisher
- The Gerontological Society of America
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1079-5006
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