Endocrine Facets of Ageing

by Jamie A. Goode

Social and medical developments have recently led to a dramatic increase in life expectancy. This has inspired the study of organismic changes associated with healthy ageing, in particular the erosion of homeostatic capabilities in multiple endocrine systems.

This book reviews advances in the understanding of endocrine facets of ageing. It considers the relative magnitudes and time courses of different endocrine adaptations in the ageing human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471486361
• ISBN13: 9780471486367
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"