Smoothing and projecting age-specific probabilities of death by TOPALS

Demographic Research

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 543-592

  de Beer, Joop ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84870315009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.27.20     Document Type: Article

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