Detecting year-of-birth mortality patterns with limited data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 279-298

  Richards, S J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cohorts; Longevity; Mortality improvements; Mortality laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149039250     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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