Shaping human mortality patterns through intrinsic and extrinsic vitality processes

Demographic Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 341-372

  Li, Ting ^a   Anderson, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84884171458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.12     Document Type: Article

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