The highest human age Part 1: General problems;Neuartige Probleme des menschlichen Höchstalters - Teil I: Allgemeine Probleme

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-64

  Franke, H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Amount of centenarians; Highest human age; Increase of oldest old group; Molecular biology of extreme age; Mushroom shaped age pyramid

Indexed keywords

AGING; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0029983929     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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