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An International Journal of Mathematical Demography
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Age patterns of mortality for older women: An analysis using the age‐specific rate of mortality change with age

Shiro Horiuchi Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10021–6399
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Ansley J. Coale Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544
Pages 245-267 | Received 14 Jul 1989, Published online: 21 Sep 2009

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