Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities
This opinion report - in a series on the future of biodemography - focuses on promising areas that I think will be valuable to develop in the future in order to get a better understanding of the determinants of the health and well-being of elderly people. I discuss two major themes: i) the benef...
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doaj-1732a28a4739431295d76c1b7f6f89032020-11-24T22:24:21ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712008-09-011943Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilitiesKaare ChristensenThis opinion report - in a series on the future of biodemography - focuses on promising areas that I think will be valuable to develop in the future in order to get a better understanding of the determinants of the health and well-being of elderly people. I discuss two major themes: i) the benefits of strengthening the ties between biodemography and medical-clinical disciplines to better understand the link between functioning/diseases/ vulnerability and mortality, ii) the male-female health-survival paradox (i.e., males report better health than females, but encounter higher mortality at all ages), and how this paradox may shed light on fundamental aging processes.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/43/ageing processesdeterminantselderlylongitudinalmale/female differencesmortality |
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Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities |
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Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities |
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Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities |
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Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities |
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Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities |
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human biodemography: some challenges and possibilities |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research |
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Demographic Research |
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This opinion report - in a series on the future of biodemography - focuses on promising areas that I think will be valuable to develop in the future in order to get a better understanding of the determinants of the health and well-being of elderly people. I discuss two major themes: i) the benefits of strengthening the ties between biodemography and medical-clinical disciplines to better understand the link between functioning/diseases/ vulnerability and mortality, ii) the male-female health-survival paradox (i.e., males report better health than females, but encounter higher mortality at all ages), and how this paradox may shed light on fundamental aging processes. |
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ageing processes determinants elderly longitudinal male/female differences mortality |
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