Variance in death and its implications for modeling and forecasting mortality

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 497-526

  Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^a   Edwards, Ryan D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79955624390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.21     Document Type: Article

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