Black mortality at very old ages in official US life tables: A skeptical appraisal

Population and Development Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-566

  Preston, Samuel H ^a   Elo, Irma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748528599     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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