Age patterns of the life table aging rate for major causes of death in Japan, 1951-1990

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Horiuchi, Shiro ^a   Wilmoth, John R ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEATH; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

GADIDAE;

EID: 0031012616     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.1.B67     Document Type: Article

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