Continuing the search for a law of mortality

Population and Development Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-264

  Carnes, Bruce A ^a   Olshansky, S Jay ^a   Grahn, Douglas ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/2137434     Document Type: Article

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