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Mortality Measurement at Advanced Ages

A Study of the Social Security Administration Death Master File

Leonid A. Gavrilov PhD Center on Aging, NORC at the University of Chicago, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637
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Natalia S. Gavrilova PhD Center on Aging, NORC, University of Chicago, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637
Pages 432-447 | Published online: 27 Dec 2012

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