Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'.
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Costa, PT; McCrae, RR
Published in: Arch Gerontol Geriatr
September 1988
In response to Dean and Morgan (1988), we review our position on approaches to functional or biological aging. Researchers have attempted to assess an hypothesized underlying 'rate of aging' by combining information from the functioning of several different physical or psychological systems. None of these attempts has yet demonstrated success; because many different processes contribute to what we call 'aging', the concept of a single biological age is itself probably fundamentally flawed. We advocate more sophisticated interdisciplinary and longitudinal research as the best hope for understanding and ameliorating the effects of aging processes.
Duke Scholars
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr
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0167-4943
Publication Date
September 1988
Volume
7
Issue
3
Start / End Page
211 / 214
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Research
- Longitudinal Studies
- Humans
- Health Status Indicators
- Geriatrics
- Aging
- Aged
- 4206 Public health
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1988). Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'. Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 7(3), 211–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4943(88)90003-9
Costa, P. T., and R. R. McCrae. “Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'.” Arch Gerontol Geriatr 7, no. 3 (September 1988): 211–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4943(88)90003-9.
Costa PT, McCrae RR. Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1988 Sep;7(3):211–4.
Costa, P. T., and R. R. McCrae. “Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'.” Arch Gerontol Geriatr, vol. 7, no. 3, Sept. 1988, pp. 211–14. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0167-4943(88)90003-9.
Costa PT, McCrae RR. Measures and markers of biological aging: 'a great clamoring ... of fleeting significance'. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1988 Sep;7(3):211–214.
Published In
Arch Gerontol Geriatr
DOI
ISSN
0167-4943
Publication Date
September 1988
Volume
7
Issue
3
Start / End Page
211 / 214
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Research
- Longitudinal Studies
- Humans
- Health Status Indicators
- Geriatrics
- Aging
- Aged
- 4206 Public health
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences