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This book provides insight on how to interpret capability in ageing – one’s individual ability to perform actions in ...

For centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth ...

Our societies are ageing. The Family is changing. Labour force behaviour is evolving. How is the organisation of family and ...

Outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions ...

Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability ...

The Dutch pension system is often praised as one of the best in the world: it is efficient, it provides certainty to participants ...

Recent studies from the authors' laboratory and from other leading groups have shown that ß1-integrins are essential for ...

Treats the topic of gender and demographic behaviour during the life course in a comprehensive fashion. It covers a lot of ...

This book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040.

China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in the world. Scholars utilize this ...

Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, these fundamental questions ...

The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and determinants of healthy aging, ...

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ...

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ...

We review standard economic growth models concentrating on the relationship between population ageing and economic growth ...

This book is the first compilation that reviews a wide range of social determinants of health (SDHs) for non-communicable ...

Drawing on interdisciplinary, cross-national perspectives, this open access book contributes to the development of a coherent ...

Spin glass theory is going through a stunning period of progress while finding exciting new applications in areas beyond ...

Ageing and dependence are two important characteristics in reliability and survival analysis, and they affect significantly ...

A special focus of the book is on adult stem cells. There is emerging evidence that adult stem cell ageing impairs organismal ...

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