A fundamental assumption made by skeletal biologists is that both the pattern and rate of age-related morphological changes observed in modern reference populations are not significantly different than in past populations. In this brief exploration, the composition of a single reference and two inde
Population biology and aging: The example of blood pressure
β Scribed by Jonathan S. Friedlaender; Lot B. Page
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 656 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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