Deceleration in the age pattern of mortality at older ages

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-412

  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

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032198807     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004009     Document Type: Article

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