Evidence for a limit to human lifespan

Nature

Volumn 538, Issue 7624, 2016, Pages 257-259

  Dong, Xiao ^a   Milholland, Brandon ^a   Vijg, Jan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ANIMALIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84991660928     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19793     Document Type: Article

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