Evaluating the impact of recent advances in biomedical sciences and the possible mortality decreases on the future of health care and Social Security in the United States

Pensions

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-251

  Zhavoronkov, Alexander ^a   Debonneuil, Edouard ^b   Mirza, Nawazish ^a,c   Artyuhov, Igor ^d  

^a Biogerontology Research Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b Healthy Life Extension Society (HEALES)   (Pakistan)

^c LAHORE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Pakistan)

^d Institute for the Biology of Aging   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

life expectancy; longevity; mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871546781     PISSN: 14785315     EISSN: 1750208X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pm.2012.28     Document Type: Article

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