Reproduction and longevity among the British peerage: The effect of frailty and health selection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1524, 2003, Pages 1541-1547

  Doblhammer, Gabriele ^a   Oeppen, Jim ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Frailty; Longevity; Old age mortality; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENEALOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043032653     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2400     Document Type: Article

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