Heterogeneity in the Strehler-Mildvan general theory of mortality and aging

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 267-290

  Zheng, Hui ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Land, Kenneth C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of expected zero vitality; Ecological system; Population heterogeneity; Strehler mildvan theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953678938     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0013-8     Document Type: Article

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