New African American life tables from 1935-1940 to 1985-1990

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-114

  Elo, Irma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035257333     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088291     Document Type: Article

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