Survival after the age of 80 in the united states, sweden, france, england, and japan

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 18, 1995, Pages 1232-1235

  Manton, Kenneth G ^a   Vaupel, James W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FRANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028810339     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199511023331824     Document Type: Article

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