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The cost of living longer
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2011.183
Subject(s) - life expectancy , fertility , balance (ability) , biology , gerontology , demography , medicine , sociology , population , neuroscience
There is an ancient balance struck between immunity and fertility. The ongoing trend in developed societies to have fewer children and later in life, might influence human life expectancy and disease susceptibility.