Longitudinal Gompertzian and Weibull analyses of adult mortality in Spain (Europe), 1900-1992

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-51

  Prieto, M Dolores ^a   Llorca, Javier ^a   Delgado Rodriguez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gompertz function; Mortality; Spain; Weibull function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0030577029     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01751-4     Document Type: Article

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