Wanted Dead or Alive: Implication of Death Classification on Longevity

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-329

  Levy, Becca R ^a   Kunkel, Suzanne ^b   Remmes, Kathryn ^a   Slade, Martin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longevity; Mortality; NDI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETIREMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 1842841993     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503262478     Document Type: Article

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