Mortality Increase in Late-Middle and Early-Old Age: Heterogeneity in Death Processes as a New Explanation

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1563-1591

  Li, Ting ^a   Yang, Yang Claire ^b   Anderson, James J ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality acceleration; Sex differences; Two mortality processes; Vitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884765576     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0222-4     Document Type: Article

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