Multiphasic models of survival: Analysis of mortality rate change regions and the issue of finite species lifespan

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-285

  Witten, Tarynn Matthew ^a   Eakin, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

censoring; change point models; cut point; extrinsic time; finite species lifespan; Gompertz; inflection time; intrinsic time; Makeham; maximum lifespan; mean lifespan; mortality rate; multiphasic mortality rate; multiphasic survival curve; parameter estimation; survival; Weibull

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOG; GERBIL; HORSE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030989995     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00100-3     Document Type: Article

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