On the age validation of supercentenarians

Demographic Research Monographs

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-30

  Poulain, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birth Record; Birth Registration; Civil Registration System; Death Record; Identity Card

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103973789     PISSN: 16135520     EISSN: 21979286     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11520-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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