The number of centenarians in Brazil: Indirect estimates based on death certificates

Demographic Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 495-502

  Gomes, Marília Miranda Forte ^a   Turra, Cassio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 65649094072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.20     Document Type: Article

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