A universal pattern of mortality decline in the G7 countries

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6788, 2000, Pages 789-792

  Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Boe, Carl ^a  

^a Mountain View Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FORECASTING; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGING; CANADA; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034660649     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015561     Document Type: Article

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