Phenomenological theory of mortality evolution: Its singularities, universality, and superuniversality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3303-3307

  Azbel', Mark Ya ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mortality curves; Universality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FLY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PHASE TRANSITION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

EID: 0033020212     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.6.3303     Document Type: Article

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