Letter to the editor

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 537-544

  Bijak, Jakub ^a   Alberts, Isabel ^b   Alho, Juha ^c   Bryant, John ^d   Buettner, Thomas ^e   Falkingham, Jane ^a   Forster, Jonathan J ^a   Gerland, Patrick ^f   King, Thomas ^g   Onorante, Luca ^h   Keilman, Nico ⁱ   O’Hagan, Anthony ^j   Owens, Darragh ^l   Raftery, Adrian ^k   Ševčíková, Hana ^k   Smith, Peter W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Statistics New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^e Formerly the UN Population Division

^f UN Population Division   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^h CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l University of Washington ^*

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EID: 84950124413     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: 20017367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JOS-2015-0033     Document Type: Letter

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