“Positive biology”: the centenarian lesson
The extraordinary increase of the elderly in developed countries underscore the importance of studies on ageing and longevity and the need for the prompt spread of knowledge about ageing in order to satisfactorily decrease the medical, economic and social problems associated to advancing years, beca...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412734/ |
| Summary: | The extraordinary increase of the elderly in developed countries underscore the importance of studies on ageing and longevity and the need for the prompt spread of knowledge about ageing in order to satisfactorily decrease the medical, economic and social problems associated to advancing years, because of the increased number of individuals not autonomous and affected by invalidating pathologies. |
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