Diverging trends in female old-age mortality: A reappraisal

Demographic Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2009, Pages 885-914

  Staetsky, Laura ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 77951989405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.30     Document Type: Article

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