Remeasuring aging

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5997, 2010, Pages 1287-1288

  Sanderson, Warren C ^a,c   Scherbov, Sergei ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE;

AGING; CHRONOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77956547402     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1193647     Document Type: Review

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