Demographic Implications of the Russian Mortality Crisis

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1921-1937

  Bennett, Neil G ^a   Bloom, David E ^b   Ivanov, Serguey F ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Mortality; Russian demography; Russian mortality crisis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032215824     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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