Is a limit to the median length of human life imminent?

Genus

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-40

  Cohen, Joel E ^a,b   Oppenheim, Jacob N ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84869193673     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: 20355556     Source Type: Journal    
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