Why do lifespan variability trends for the young and old diverge? A perturbation analysis

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1367-1396

  Engelman, Michal ^a   Caswell, Hal ^b,c   Agree, Emily M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84902455793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.48     Document Type: Article

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