Penna ageing model and improvement of medical care in 20th century

Authors
de Oliveira, PM de Oliveira, SM Stauffer, D Cebrat, S
Citation
Pm. De Oliveira et al., Penna ageing model and improvement of medical care in 20th century, PHYSICA A, 273(1-2), 1999, pp. 145-149
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICA A
ISSN journal
03784371 → ACNP
Volume
273
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
145 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(19991101)273:1-2<145:PAMAIO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In Penna's model for biological ageing we reduce after equilibration the in fluence of acquired diseases and get, similar to reality, the observed incr ease of the Gompertz slope for the human mortality curves. (C) 1999 Elsevie r Science B.V. All rights reserved.