Why do life spans differ? Partitioning mean longevity differences in terms of age-specific mortality parameters

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Pletcher, S D ^a   Khazaeli, A A ^a   Curtsinger, J W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034535162     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.8.B381     Document Type: Article

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