Active Life Expectancy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 309, Issue 20, 1983, Pages 1218-1224

  Katz, Sidney ^a,b,c,d,e   Branch, Laurence G ^a,b,c,d,e   Branson, Michael H ^a,b,c,d,e   Papsidero, Joseph A ^a,b,c,d,e   Beck, John C ^a,b,c,d,e   Greer, David S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Conoco Inc ^*  (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; REVIEW;

EID: 0021082577     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198311173092005     Document Type: Article

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