Reproductive longevity and increased life expectancy

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-78

  Brody, Jacob A ^b   Grant, Mark D ^b   Frateschi, Lawrence J ^a   Miller, Susan C ^b   Zhang, Hongwei ^b  

^a Engineering Health and Sciences Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Birth rates; Evolution; Fecundity; Fertility; Life expectancy; Menopause; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSTATISTICS; BIRTH RATE; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FRANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033978975     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.1.75     Document Type: Article

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