The relative tail of longevity and the mean remaining lifetime

Demographic Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 111-138

  Finkelstein, Maxim ^a,b   Vaupel, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frailty; Heterogeneity; Life expectancy; Life span; Mortality; Mortality rate; Tail of longevity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144466664     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.7     Document Type: Article

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