Diverging trends in female old-age mortality: The United States and the Netherlands versus France and Japan

Population and Development Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-145

  Meslé, France ^a   Vallin, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; TREND ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASIA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; JAPAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645274656     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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