Ever since Gompertz

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC THEORY; GOMPERTZ,B.; MORTALITY TRENDS; POPULATION MORTALITY;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; BIOMETRY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MORTALITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031062274     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061656     Document Type: Article

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