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7th European Social Science History Conference Lisbon, Portugal March 2008
 
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Tuesday 26 February
   14.15
   16.30
Wednesday 27 February
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30
Thursday 28 February
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30
Friday 29 February
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30
Saturday 1 March
   8.30
   10.45
   14.15
   16.30

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Ageing in the north. The Sami life expectancy.
The Sami of northern Scandinavia have experienced a remarkable health transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. The former high-mortality rates were however complex in terms of age-specific mortality. This paper studies ageing in an indigenous perspective, including demographic and cultural explanations.