There are many potential effects of an ageing demographic. Most should be slowly evolving as the demographic gradually changes. Knowledge based liability exposure can change very quickly, as new understandings develop.
In this report, the potential for mis attribution of causation is explored.
Evidence from:
CE Ruse et al. Age and Ageing. November (2001) Vol. 30 #6 p 450.
It will be increasingly important to assess gentic contributions to disease causation as the demographic ages. This would help prevent mistaking an increase in frequency of disease for evidence of an environmental cause.
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