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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
At the beginning of the 20th century, life expectancy at birth in North America and Western Europe was around 50 years of age. Nowadays, women have gained more than 30 years of age and men are trailing closer. However, according to several sociologists such as Louis Chauvel, the notion of a "greying society" is not entirely adequate since aging people are physically and socially younger and more active for a longer time. Of course, the other side of the medal is to tackle the challenge of preventing age-associated chronic diseases. In this book the extensive field of research on neuroendocrine aging has been reviewed. Aging is one of the most complex biological processes determined by the interactions between genetic and environmental factors.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Endocrine Aspects of Successful Aging: Genes, Hormones and Lifestyles
Editors: Philippe Chanson, Jacques Epelbaum, Steven Lamberts, Yves Christen
Series Title: Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07019-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40573-3Published: 31 October 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07359-5Published: 04 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-07019-2Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1861-2253
Series E-ISSN: 1863-0685
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 231
Topics: Biomedicine general