Mortality-rate crossovers and maximum lifespan in advantaged and disadvantaged populations: Accelerated-mortality and sudden-death models

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-180

  Hirsch, H R ^a   Liu, X ^b   Witten, T M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Virginia Health Quality Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034698016     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2063     Document Type: Article

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