Ethical aspects of major increases in life span and life expectancy

Coping with Methuselah: The Impact of Molecular Biology on Medicine and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 198-246

  Capron, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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