Longevity: To the Limits and Beyond /

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 w...

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Main Author: Robine, Jean-Marie
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Vaupel, James W., Jeune, Bernard, Allard, Michel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.
Series:Research and perspectives in longevity.
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Summary: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? The editors and authors hope to have answered some of these questions in this book, presenting the papers of the first Colloques Medecine et Recherche of Fondation IPSEN on longevity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 180 pages 51 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642608131 (electronic bk.)
3642608132 (electronic bk.)