The survivor ratio method for estimating numbers at high ages

Demographic Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-18

  Thatcher, Roger ^a   Kannisto, Vaino ^a   Andreev, Kirill ^b  

^a Queens University ^*  (Portugal)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimation techniques

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EID: 3042801858     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2002.6.1     Document Type: Article

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