A method for estimating size of population aged 90 and over with application to the 2000 U.S. census data

Demographic Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2004, Pages 235-262

  Andreev, Kirill F ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27544455439     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.11.9     Document Type: Article

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