The Paradoxes of Longevity /

An ever greater number of our contemporaries will reach a very much greater age than their ancestors. Longevity is one of the most fertile fields for paradoxes: it is clear that the same causes do not produce the same effects at the age of ten and at the age of one hundred! On the subject of longevi...

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Main Author: Robine, Jean-Marie
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Forette, Bernard, Franceschi, Claudio, Allard, Michel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999.
Edition:1.
Series:Research and perspectives in longevity.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An ever greater number of our contemporaries will reach a very much greater age than their ancestors. Longevity is one of the most fertile fields for paradoxes: it is clear that the same causes do not produce the same effects at the age of ten and at the age of one hundred! On the subject of longevity, the "recipe book" is far from having been written. Nevertheless, the Fondation IPSEN has chosen a few of these paradoxes to discuss and try and explain them.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 137 pages 34 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642601002
3642601006