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Rev Mex Anest 2004; 27 (S1)

RealAge: Are you as young as you can be? And how simple it is to become someone who looks and feels younger than your years!

Roizen MF

Language: English
References: 39
Page: 17-33
PDF size: 70.44 Kb.


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PURPOSE

To describe a scale that can help put a value on health behavior choices.
To review the data from the last 18 years that demonstrate that more than 70% of arterial aging is preventable, more than 80% of cancer is due to one’s environment, and more than 80% of accidents are not accidental.


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