@article{Christensen_19_43,
author = {Christensen, Kaare},
title={{Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {19},
number = {43},
pages = {1575--1586},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.43},
year = {2008},
abstract = {This opinion report - in a series on the future of biodemography - focuses on promising areas that I think will be valuable to develop in the future in order to get a better understanding of the determinants of the health and well-being of elderly people. 

I discuss two major themes:   i) the benefits of strengthening the ties between biodemography and medical-clinical disciplines to better understand the link between functioning/diseases/ vulnerability and mortality,  ii) the male-female health-survival paradox (i.e., males report better health than females, but encounter higher mortality at all ages), and how this paradox may shed light on fundamental aging processes.},
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/43/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/43/19-43.pdf}
}