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Longevity: To the Limits and Beyond

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Marie Robine

    1. Equipe INSERM Démographie et Santé Val d’Aurelle, Montpellier cedex 5, France

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  2. James W. Vaupel

    1. Centre for Health and Social Policy, Odense University, Odense C, Denmark

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  3. Bernard Jeune

    1. Centre for Health and Social Policy, Odense University, Odense C, Denmark

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  4. Michel Allard

    1. Fondation IPSEN, Paris cedex 16, France

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Practical Limits to Life Expectancy in France

    • S. J. Olshansky
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Average French Baby May Live 95 or 100 Years

    • J. W. Vaupel
    Pages 11-27

  4. Towards a New Horizon in Demographic Trends: The Combined Effects of 150 Years Life Expectancy and New Fertility Models

    • J. Vallin, G. Caselli
    Pages 29-68

  5. Is There A Biological Limit To The Human Life Span?

    • T. B. L. Kirkwood
    Pages 69-76

  6. Emergence of Centenarians and Super-centenarians

    • B. Jeune, V. Kannisto
    Pages 77-89

  7. A Demographic and Health Profile of Centenarians in China

    • Wang Zhenglian, Zeng Yi, B. Jeune, J. W. Vaupel
    Pages 91-104

  8. Centenarians: Health and Frailty

    • B. Forette
    Pages 105-112

  9. Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Will We Ever be Able to Accurately Predict Individual Differences in Longevity?

    • L. W. Poon, M. A. Johnson, P. Martin
    Pages 113-119

  10. Towards a Genealogical Epidemiology of Longevity

    • J. M. Robine, M. Allard
    Pages 121-129

  11. Genetics of Aging

    • F. Schächter
    Pages 131-138

  12. Oxidative Stress May Be a Causal Factor in Senescence of Animals

    • R. J. Mockett, R. S. Sohal
    Pages 139-154

  13. Identifying and Cloning Longevity-Determining Genes in the Nematode

    • T. E. Johnson, S. Murakami, D. R. Shook, S. A. Duhon, P. M. Tedesco
    Pages 155-163

  14. Longevity: Is Everything Under Genetic Control? An Inquiry Into Non-genetic and Non-environmental Sources of Variation

    • C. E. Finch
    Pages 165-178

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 179-180
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About this book

Why longevity? For a number of years, the Fondation IPSEN has been devoting considerable effort to the various aspects of ageing, not only to age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, but also to the Centenarians, the paragon of positive ageing. The logical continuation of this approach is to address the question of longevity in global terms. Behind the extreme values, what span is accessible to all of us and likely to directly concern most of our contemporaries? The individual and col­ lective increase in the duration of life is one of the most striking phenomena of our time. It could be one of the most significant events in the "bio-social" history of humanity. The increase in life expectancy at old age, which started a few de­ cades ago only, is going on. The most well-advised observer had not foreseen or even dared hope for this increase which will drastically affect our everyday life, our habits and our behavior. In the fragment of human history we are living in, it is our responsibility to deal with this major transformation for the species. Such a transformation needs an effort from all to adapt to the new conditions. This transformation has to be managed rather than simply experienced, anticip­ ated rather than followed, in order to avoid any attempt to pervert this major step forward. All that was present during the first symposium of the new series on longevity of the Colloques Medecine et Recherche convened by the Fondation IPSEN.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Equipe INSERM Démographie et Santé Val d’Aurelle, Montpellier cedex 5, France

    Jean-Marie Robine

  • Centre for Health and Social Policy, Odense University, Odense C, Denmark

    James W. Vaupel, Bernard Jeune

  • Fondation IPSEN, Paris cedex 16, France

    Michel Allard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Longevity: To the Limits and Beyond

  • Editors: Jean-Marie Robine, James W. Vaupel, Bernard Jeune, Michel Allard

  • Series Title: Research and Perspectives in Longevity

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60813-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64566-2Published: 18 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60813-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 180

  • Topics: Human Physiology, Cell Biology, Medicine/Public Health, general

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