Applying Lee-Carter under conditions of variable mortality decline

Population Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-336

  Booth, Heather ^a   Maindonald, John ^b   Smith, Len ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

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EID: 0036868984     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720215935     Document Type: Article

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