Healthy old age

作者: Thomas B. L. Kirkwood

DOI: 10.1038/455739A

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摘要: Do longer lives mean that growing numbers of us will spend more time in a state high-cost dependency? Evidence from one elderly cohort suggests excessive levels disability are far inevitable.

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