A multistage theory of age-specific acceleration in human mortality

BMC Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Frank, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242726648     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-2-16     Document Type: Article

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