Journal Article

Setting the stage: a generation of centenarians?

Vaupel, J. W.
The Washington Quarterly, 23:3, 197–200 (2000)

Abstract

Very long lives are not the distant privileg of future generations, but are the probable destiny of most people alive today. Radical new perspectives are needed bases on demographic realities. (© 2000 BY THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG)
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