Discussing the strehler-mildvan model of mortality

Demographic Research

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-206

  Finkelstein, Maxim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84858161745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.9     Document Type: Article

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