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Longevity

The Biology and Demography of Life Span
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Develops a biological and demographic framework for identifying the key factors that govern aging, life span, and mortality in humans and other animals. This work presents the results of a National Institute on Aging-funded research project on the determinants of longevity using data from the life tables of five million Mediterranean fruit flies.

Author Biography:

James R. Carey is Professor and former Vice Chair of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, and Senior Scholar of the Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley. Principal investigator for the research project this book is based upon, he is the author of "Applied Demography for Biologists" and the lead author of "Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles and Fish".
Release date NZ
March 2nd, 2003
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  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
76 line illus. 30 tables.
Pages
304
Dimensions
152x229x16
ISBN-13
9780691088495
Product ID
7554717

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