Increasing life expectancy and convergence of age at death in India

Genus

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-99

  Singh, Akansha ^a   Ladusingh, Laishram ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 84880270385     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: 20355556     Source Type: Journal    
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