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Up to what point will life expectancy increase? Is there a theoretical or practical limit to human longevity and does it shift or not? Is it utopian to envisage a life expectancy of 100 years or more at birth? What are the respective roles of genetics and environment? Under which conditions and at what price are these years of life gained? This text attempts to answer some of these questions, presenting the papers of the first Colloques Medecine et Recherche of Fondation IPSEN on longevity.

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Author:   Jean-Marie Robine ,  J.W. Vaupel ,  Bernard Jeune ,  Michel Allard
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1997 ed.
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9783540629450

ISBN 10:   3540629459
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   30 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France.- The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years.- Towards a New Horizon in Demographic Trends: The Combined Effects of 150 Years Life Expectancy and New Fertility Models.- Is There a Biological Limit to the Human Life Span?.- Emergence of Centenarians and Super-centenarians.- A Demographic and Health Profile of Centenarians in China.- Centenarians: Health and Frailty.- Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Will We Ever Be Able to Accurately Predict Individual Differences in Longevity?.- Towards a Genealogical Epidemiology of Longevity.- Genetics of Aging.- Oxidative Stress May Be a Causal Factor in Senescence of Animals.- Identifying and Cloning Longevity-Determining Genes in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans.- Longevity:Is Everything Under Genetic Control? An Inquiry Into Non-Genetic and Non-Environmental Sources of Variation.

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