Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality reunited

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Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality reunited. / Koopman, Jacob J E; Wensink, Maarten J; Rozing, Maarten P; van Bodegom, David; Westendorp, Rudi G J.

I: Experimental Gerontology, Bind 67, 07.2015, s. 48-53.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Koopman, JJE, Wensink, MJ, Rozing, MP, van Bodegom, D & Westendorp, RGJ 2015, 'Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality reunited', Experimental Gerontology, bind 67, s. 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2015.04.013

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Koopman, J. J. E., Wensink, M. J., Rozing, M. P., van Bodegom, D., & Westendorp, R. G. J. (2015). Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality reunited. Experimental Gerontology, 67, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2015.04.013

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Koopman JJE, Wensink MJ, Rozing MP, van Bodegom D, Westendorp RGJ. Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality reunited. Experimental Gerontology. 2015 jul.;67:48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2015.04.013

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Koopman, Jacob J E ; Wensink, Maarten J ; Rozing, Maarten P ; van Bodegom, David ; Westendorp, Rudi G J. / Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality reunited. I: Experimental Gerontology. 2015 ; Bind 67. s. 48-53.

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abstract = "Intrinsic and extrinsic mortality are often separated in order to understand and measure aging. Intrinsic mortality is assumed to be a result of aging and to increase over age, whereas extrinsic mortality is assumed to be a result of environmental hazards and be constant over age. However, allegedly intrinsic and extrinsic mortality have an exponentially increasing age pattern in common. Theories of aging assert that a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic stressors underlies the increasing risk of death. Epidemiological and biological data support that the control of intrinsic as well as extrinsic stressors can alleviate the aging process. We argue that aging and death can be better explained by the interaction of intrinsic and extrinsic stressors than by classifying mortality itself as being either intrinsic or extrinsic. Recognition of the tight interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic stressors in the causation of aging leads to the recognition that aging is not inevitable, but malleable through the environment.",

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