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Author:   The National Academies ,  The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Healthspan Steering Committee
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309115599

ISBN 10:   0309115590
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   24 May 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1 Front Matter; 2 Conference Summary; 3 Enhancing the Functional Status of the Future Elderly; 4 Design New Research Paradigms to Assess Healthspan, Its Enhancement, and Prolongation in Experimental Research Animals; 5 Effects of Exercise on Human Healthspan; 6 The Relationship Between Demographic Mortality Rates, Aging, and Functional Human Healthspan; 7 Changes in Social Contexts to Enhance Functional Status of the Elderly; 8 Develop Technological Interventions to Overcome Barriers to Independence and Community Participation; 9 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Aging: The Roles of Nature, Nurture, and Chance in the Maintenance of Human Healthspan; 10 Inflammation's Effects on Aging; 11 Appendixes; 12 Preconference Webcast Tutorials; 13 Agenda; 14 Participants

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Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 14-16, 2007, The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Healthspan Steering Committee, The National Academies

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