Lively questions for demographers about death at older ages

Population and Development Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-356

  Vaupel, James W ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY POPULATION; MORTALITY;

EID: 67549103877     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00281.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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