TY  - JOUR
A1  - Christensen, Kaare
T1  - Human Biodemography: Some challenges and possibilities
Y1  - 2008/09/05
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1575
EP  - 1586
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.43
VL  - 19
IS  - 43
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/43/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/43/19-43.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/43/19-43.pdf
N2  - 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.

ER  -