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The aging factor in health and disease: The promise of basic research on aging

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  1. International Longevity Center-USA, Alliance for Health & the Future, and Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

    Robert N. Butler MD

  2. Biology of Aging Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD

    Huber R. Warner

  3. Monroe Community Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    T. Franklin Williams

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Adapted and revised from a 1999 workshop organized by the International Longevity Center-USA, New York City and sponsored by The Brookdale Foundation Group, with additional support from the Institute for the Study of Aging and an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.

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Butler, R.N., Warner, H.R. & Williams, T.F. The aging factor in health and disease: The promise of basic research on aging. Aging Clin Exp Res 16, 104–112 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03324538

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Keywords

  • Age-related disease
  • aging
  • health care costs
  • healthy aging
  • life expectancy
  • morbidity
  • senescence