Intersections of mortality-rate and survival functions: Model- independent considerations

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-296

  Hirsch, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality rate functions; survival functions

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031006081     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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