In scientific discourse aging implies "a determined chain of events occupying a significant portion of the lifespan after maturity" (Birren, 1959). This definition suggests changes within an organism, or object, with time. Another term used quite frequently is "senescence", defined as "a process of unfavorable progressive change, usually correlated with the passage of time, becoming apparent after maturity and terminating invariably in death of the individual" (Lansing, 1951). [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.118825 |
| Date | January 1966 |
| Creators | Youson, John H. |
| Contributors | Leblond, C. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Anatomy. ) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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