A biologically motivated partitioning of mortality

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 615-631

  Carnes, Bruce A ^a   Olshansky, S Jay ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodemography; Intrinsic mortality; Mortality partitioning

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030707686     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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