Mortality partitions and their relevance to research on senescence

Biogerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 183-198

  Carnes, Bruce A ^a   Holden, Larry R ^b   Olshansky, S Jay ^c   Witten, M Tarynn ^d   Siegel, Jacob S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sielken & Associates Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e J Stuart Siegel Demographic Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodemography; Comparative mortality; Intrinsic mortality; Mortality partitions

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33747277724     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-006-9020-3     Document Type: Review

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