The Strehler–Mildvan correlation from the perspective of a two-process vitality model

Population Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-104

  Li, Ting ^a   Anderson, James J ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gompertz coefficients; intrinsic and extrinsic mortality; mortality pattern; SM correlation; vitality

Indexed keywords

AGING; CORRELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AGING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY;

EID: 84924251906     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2014.992358     Document Type: Article

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