Geriatrics - (2nd Edition)

Author: Tong Tanjun et al. (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features: "Health and Longevity" is a timeless theme in medicine. This book is a revised edition of Geriatric Medicine—Aging and Longevity, published in 1995. The content integrates modern scientific achievements, particularly in molecular biology, to explore the mechanisms of aging at the molecular biology and cellular biology levels. It analyzes the so-called "aging genes" and "longevity genes." Considering the recent discovery that mitochondrial oxidative damage, especially the damage to mitochondrial DNA by free radicals, is closely related to the aging process, this book also provides a detailed discussion on this topic. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in medical and pharmaceutical colleges, clinical physicians, teachers and instructors in medical and health schools, healthcare workers and researchers involved in geriatric medicine. It can also serve as a textbook or teaching reference for medical gerontology.