Decomposing change in life expectancy: A bouquet of formulas in honor of Nathan Keyfitz's 90th birthday

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-216

  Vaupel, James W ^a   Canudas Romo, Vladimir ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SWEDEN;

EID: 2942572782     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180798     Document Type: Article

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