Comparative analysis of old-age mortality estimations in Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Bendavid, Eran ^a   Seligman, Benjamin ^b   Kubo, Jessica ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054783274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026607     Document Type: Article

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