Dispersion of registered death causes as a function of age in the 1999 U.S. population

Applied Demography in the 21st Century: Selected Papers from the Biennial Conference on Applied Demography, San Antonio, Texas, January 7-9, 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 223-233

  Eriksson, Bo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8329-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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