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UNINA9910825106703321 |
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Titolo |
The future of human healthspan : demography, evolution, medicine, and bioengineering : task group summaries / / The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-17822-3 |
1-281-72679-6 |
9786611726799 |
0-309-11560-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (139 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aging - Prevention |
Age distribution (Demography) |
Bioengineering |
Biomedical engineering |
United States Population Health aspects Congresses |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 14-16, 2007." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title -- The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative -- Preface -- Contents -- Conference Summary -- Task Group Summaries -- Enhancing the Functional Status of the Future Elderly -- Design New Research Paradigms to Assess Healthspan, Its Enhancement, and Prolongation in Experimental Research Animals -- Effects of Exercise on Human Healthspan -- The Relationship Between Demographic Mortality Rates, Aging, and Functional Human Healthspan -- Changes in Social Contexts to Enhance Functional Status of the Elderly -- Develop Technological Interventions to Overcome Barriers to Independence and Community Participation -- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Aging: The Roles of Nature, Nurture, and Chance in the Maintenance of Human Healthspan -- Inflammation's Effects on Aging -- Appendixes -- Preconference Webcast Tutorials -- Agenda -- Participants. |
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