Maximum life expectancies: Revisiting the best practice trends

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Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-79

  Romo, Vladimir Canudas ^a   Engelman, Michal ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79251564189     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: 20355556     Source Type: Journal    
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