The accuracy of age-specific population estimates for small areas in britain

Population Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-344

  Lunn, David J ^a   Simpson, Stephen N ^b   Diamond, Ian ^c   Middleton, Liz ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032426205     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000150506     Document Type: Article

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