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The processes that control senescence have been the subject of more then a century of serious biological research. Two institutions closely involved in this programme, the Society for the Study of Human Biology and the British Society for Research in Ageing, held a joint symposium in 1984 to consider human ageing and longevity from an interdisciplinary point of view. The resulting book has four main sections: the evolution and genetics of ageing, biological age assessment, demographic and social aspects, and the nutritional and physiological aspects of ageing and longevity. The fundamental nature of the subject will generate interest across a wide range of biological and medical disciplines.
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SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM SERIES: 25
The biology of human ageing
PUBLISHED SYMPOSIA OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
1 The Scope of Physical Anthropology and its Place in Academic Studies Ed. D. F. ROBERTS and J.S. WEINER 2 Natural Selection in Human Populations Ed. D.F. ROBERTS and G.A. HARRISON 3 Human Growth Ed. J.M. TANNER 4 Genetical Variation in Human Populations Ed. G.A. HARRISON 5 Dental Anthropology Ed. D.R. BROTHWELL 6 Teaching and Research in Human Biology Ed. G.A. HARRISON 7 Human Body Composition, Approaches and Applications Ed. J. BROZEK 8 Skeletal Biology of Earlier Human Populations Ed. D.R. BROTHWELL 9 Human Ecology in the Tropics Ed. J.P. GARLICK and R.W.J. KEAY 10 Biological Aspects of Demography Ed. W. BRASS 11 Human Evolution Ed. M.H. DAY 12 Genetic Variation in Britain Ed. D.F. ROBERTS and E. SUNDERLAND 13 Human Variation and Natural Selection Ed. D.F. ROBERTS (Penrose Memorial Volume reprint 14 Chromosome Variation in Human Evolution Ed. A J . BOYCE 15 Biology of Human Foetal Growth Ed. D.F. ROBERTS 16 Human Ecology in the Tropics Ed. J.P. GARLICK and R.W.J. KEAY 17 Physiological Variation and its Genetic Basis Ed. J.S. WEINER 18 Human Behaviour and Adaptation Ed. N.G. BLURTON JONES and V. REYNOLDS 19 Demographic Patterns in Developed Societies Ed. R. W. HIORNS 20 Disease and Urbanisation Ed. E.J. CLEGG and J.P. GARLICK 21 Aspects of Human Evolution Ed. C.B. STRINGER 22 Energy and Effort Ed. G.A. HARRISON 23 Migration and Mobility Ed. A.J. BOYCE 24 Sexual Dimorphism Ed. F. NEWCOMBE et al. 25 The Biology of Human Ageing Ed. A.H. BITTLES and K J . COLLINS Numbers 1-9 were published by Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Headington, Oxford OX3 OBY. Numbers 10-24 were published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 10-14 Macklin Street, London WC2B 5NF. Further details and prices of back-list numbers are available from the Secretary of the Society for the Study of Human Biology.
The biology of human ageing
Edited by
A.H. BITTLES Department ofAnatomy and Human Biology, King's College, University of London
K.J.COLLINS St Pancras Hospital, University College Hospital School ofMedicine, London
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