Variance in age at death equals average squared remaining life expectancy at death

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1405-1412

  Wrycza, Tomasz F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84902477533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.50     Document Type: Article

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