Inequality in life spans and a new perspective on mortality convergence across industrialized countries

Population and Development Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-674

  Edwards, Ryan D ^a   Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

EID: 33745246013     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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