Mortality change and forecasting: How much and how little do we know?

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 13-47

  Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^a   Boe, Carl ^a  

^a Mountain View Research   (United States)

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EID: 85011229240     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.1998.10595752     Document Type: Article

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