Unconventional approaches to mortality estimation

Demographic Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 281-300

  Hill, Kenneth ^a   Choi, Yoonjoung ^a   Timæus, Ian M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Developing countries; Estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344454056     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2005.13.12     Document Type: Article

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