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James W Vaupel¹, Francisco Villavicencio^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 5230, Denmark; jamesw.vaupel@gmail.com.
² Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 5230, Denmark.
³ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.

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James W Vaupel et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 10;118(32):e2110693118.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2110693118.

James W Vaupel¹, Francisco Villavicencio^{2

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¹ Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 5230, Denmark; jamesw.vaupel@gmail.com.
² Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 5230, Denmark.
³ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Demographic perspectives on the rise of longevity.
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