Extrapolaholics anonymous: Why demographers' rejections of a huge rise in cohort life expectancy in this century are overconfident

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-93

  De Grey, Aubrey D N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Life tables; Longevity; Longevity escape velocity; Rejuvenation therapies; Timeframes

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; REJUVENATION; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744504196     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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