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Biodemography — is the science dealing with the integration of biology and demography.Biodemography is a new branch of human (classical) demography concerned with understanding the complementary biological and demographic determinants of and interactions between … Wikipedia
Biodemography of human longevity — Biodemography is a multidisciplinary approach, integrating biological knowledge (studies on human biology and animal models) with demographic research on human longevity and survival. Biodemographic studies are important for understanding the… … Wikipedia
biodemography — n. [Gr. bios, life; demos, people; graphein, to write] A science concerned with the statistical study of the ecology and genetics of a given population … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Maximum life span — is a measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a population has been observed to survive between birth and death. Most living species have at least one upper limit on the number of times cells can divide. For humans, this is… … Wikipedia
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Longevity — The word longevity is sometimes used as a synonym for life expectancy in demography. However, this is not the most popular or accepted definition. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/longevity?cat=health. longevity: Definition and Much More from… … Wikipedia
Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality — The Gompertz Makeham law states that death rate is a sum of age independent component (Makeham term) and age dependent component (Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age. In a protected environment where external causes of… … Wikipedia
List of life extension-related topics — Following is a list of topics related to life extension: compactTOC NOTOC 0–9* 15 Global ChallengesA* Accelerated aging disease ** Bloom syndrome ** Cockayne s syndrome ** Progeria ** Werner s syndrome ** Xeroderma pigmentosum * Accident * ACE… … Wikipedia
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center — The Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, one of the first centers for gerontology research in the U.S., was founded at the University of Southern California in 1964. The center was expanded in 1975 with the inception of the Leonard Davis School … Wikipedia
Life expectancy — This article is about the measure of remaining life. For the Dean Koontz novel, see Life Expectancy (novel). For List of countries by life expectancy, see List of countries by life expectancy. Life expectancy is the expected (in the statistical… … Wikipedia
