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How long can we live? A more optimistic view of potential gains in life expectancy

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There is good reason to believe that a substantial prolongation of life is statistically and biologically possible. The practical realization of such a gain may be difficult, but there is a profound difference between a challenge and an organically unattainable goal. To increase life expectancy in this period, we should marshal our resources not toward aging per se, our protoplasmic limitations, but primarily toward the reversible social determinants of the leading causes of death that keep us from reaching nine and perhaps ten decades of vigorous, healthy life.

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  • Schatzkin, A., 1980. "How long can we live? A more optimistic view of potential gains in life expectancy," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 70(11), pages 1199-1200.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.70.11.1199_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.70.11.1199
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    1. Kenneth G. Manton & Korbin Liu, 1985. "Strategies for Collating Diverse Scientific Evidence in the Analysis of Population Health Characteristics," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 13(3), pages 407-431, February.

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