The exceptionally high life expectancy of Costa Rican nonagenarians

Demography

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 673-691

  Rosero Bixby, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

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EID: 57049145327     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0011     Document Type: Article

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