Author: Jeune, Bernard & Vaupel, James W., editors:
Title: Validation of Exceptional Longevity
Description: Odense, Odense University Press, (1999). orig.boards. 25x18cm, 247 pp, Series: Odense Monographs on Population Aging, 6.. Textual photos,graphs,tables. Minor rubbing, rubberstamp to half-title, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contains 15 papers. Includes: B. Jeune & J.W. Vaupel "Species of Evidence of Exceptional Longevity"; P. Laslett "The Bewildering History of the History of Longevity"; L.-L.-B. Petersen & B. Jeune "Validation of Extreme Longevity Cases in the Past: The French-Canadian Experience"; A. Skytthe, et al: "Age Validation of Reported Centenarians before 1900 in Denmark"; M.Poulain, et al: "Centenarian Validation in Belgium"; A. Cournil, et al: " Validation of a Protocol for the Collection of Longitudinal Survival Data in Arles (France)"; A.R.Thatcher "Katherine Plunket: A Well Documented Super-Centenarian in 1930"; J.-M.- Robine & M. Allard "Jeanne Calment: Validation of the Duration of Her Life"; A. Skytthe, et al: "Age Validation of the Oldest Man"; B. Desjardins "Did Marie Louise Meilleur Become the Oldest Person in the World?"; Z. Wang, et al: "Age Validation of Han Chinese Centenarians"; T.T. Perls, et al: "Age Validation in the New England Centenarian Study"; L. Alpert, et al: "Extreme Longevity in a Family. A Report on Multiple Centenarians within a Single Generation"; V. Kannisto "Assessing the Information on Age at Death of Old Persons in National Vital Statistics".

Keywords: Population Aging, Extreme Old Age, Gerontology, Exceptional, Longevity, Centenarian Aging, Validation, Human Genetics, Centenarians