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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on June 21, 2008
Human Reproduction 2008 23(9):2173-2174; doi:10.1093/humrep/den235
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Can assisted reproductive technologies help to offset population ageing?

Egbert R. te Velde1,2,4, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans2, Gijs Beets3 and J. Dik F. Habbema2

1 Emeritus Professor Reproductive Medicine, University Utrecht, Utrecht 2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3 Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, the Hague, the Netherlands

4 Correspondence address. E-mail: e.r.tevelde@wanadoo.nl

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In the challenging paper by Hoorens et al. (2007)Go which is a condensed version of a Rand Corporation Report by the same authors (Grant et al. 2006Go), the authors argue that the trend of population ageing as a result of decreasing birth rates and longer life-expectancies is a serious threat for most EU member states. They compare the situation of the UK and Denmark in 2002 with regard to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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