The oldest old and the population heterogeneity

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1355-1362

  Laszkiewicz, A ^a   Szymczak, Sz ^a   Cebrat, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological aging; Gompertz law; Human mortality; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442597045     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183103005479     Document Type: Article

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