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Research Issues on Human Longevity

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Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population

Part of the book series: International Studies in Population ((ISIP,volume 4))

In this introductionnary chapter, we present the wide range of current findings and research issues in longevity, and identify questions still unanswered that should be investigated in the years to come.

This review is based mostly upon work on human longevity published between 1998 and 2004. However, some older work is invoked given its continued importance today.We have followed a five-part plan, starting with demographic questions surrounding longevity (Part 1), followed by epidemiological questions on the health of extremely old people (Part 2).We then address strictly bio-demographic issues (Part 3) mixing biology and demography, most often in a family framework. Part 4 examines biological questions focusing on markers and on the role played by genes. A final part deals briefly with databases on human longevity.

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Robine, JM. (2007). Research Issues on Human Longevity. In: Robine, JM., Crimmins, E.M., Horiuchi, S., Yi, Z. (eds) Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population. International Studies in Population, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4848-7_1

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