Volume 48 - Article 11 | Pages 321–338
The question of the human mortality plateau: Contrasting insights by longevity pioneers
By Linh Hoang Khanh Dang, Carlo Giovanni Camarda, France Meslé, Nadine Ouellette, Jean-Marie Robine, Jacques Vallin
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