The pace of aging: Intrinsic time scales in demography

<b>Background</b>: The pace of aging is a concept that captures the time-related aspect of aging. It formalizesthe idea of a characteristic life span or intrinsic population time scale. In the rapidly developing field of comparative biodemography, measures that account for inter-speciesd...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Wrycza, Annette Baudisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2014-05-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/57/