Determinants of exceptional human longevity: New ideas and findings

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 295-323

  Gavrilov, Leonid A ^a   Gavrilova, Natalia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84899700414     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s295     Document Type: Article

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