How slowing senescence translates into longer life expectancy

Population Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Goldstein, Joshua R ^a   Cassidy, Thomas ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; entropy; lifetable; mathematical demography; mortality; semi parametric survival models; senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SENESCENCE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84856994853     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2011.635215     Document Type: Article

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