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3. Individual components
Individual components can be found at several levels: age, gender and anthropometric data.
3.1 Age and gender
Figure 48 shows how life expectancy is likely to evolve over the coming years. A number of observations can be made:
an increase in the number of elderly people;
the decline in the number of people under the age of 50;
the gradual equalization of life expectancy between men and women.
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Standards and norms
- Vibrations et chocs mécaniques : évaluation de l'exposition des individus à des vibrations globales du corps - ISO 2631 - 1997
- Railway applications – Traveler comfort – Measurement and valuation - EN 12299 - 2009
- Railway applications – Air conditioning for long-distance rolling stock - EN 13129-1-2 -
- Railway applications – Air conditioning for urban and suburban rolling stock - EN 14750-1-2 -...
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