Measuring our narrow strip of life

S. Jay Olshansky ()
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S. Jay Olshansky: S. Jay Olshansky is in the UIC School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA, and at Lapetus Solutions, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Nature, 2016, vol. 538, issue 7624, 175-176

Abstract: In line with previous research, a demographic analysis corroborates the presence of a limit to human lifespan, indicating that increases in life expectancy are likely to slow down or stop over the coming years.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature19475

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