Demography and gerontology: Mortality trends among the oldest old

Ageing and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 713-725

  Grundy, Emily ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Old old'; Centenarians; Demography; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442647119     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X97006715     Document Type: Article

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