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How long can we live?
The continuing rapid age shift in recent years from predominately a younger to an older population in America and many other countries is a problem of great concern. Its socioeconomic implications for the distant future are quite unpredictable due to our inability to answer a few basic questions. Ho...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1994
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2590795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7645309 |
| Sumario: | The continuing rapid age shift in recent years from predominately a younger to an older population in America and many other countries is a problem of great concern. Its socioeconomic implications for the distant future are quite unpredictable due to our inability to answer a few basic questions. How long will life expectancy continue to increase? What is the maximum possible length of life? |
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