Is the US Old-Age Mortality Advantage Vanishing?

Population and Development Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 465-489

  Palloni, Alberto ^a   Yonker, James A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY POPULATION; MORTALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982957821     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2016.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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