How frailty models can be used for evaluating longevity limits: taking advantage of an interdisciplinary approach.

Part of a special issue on the demography of aging. The writers consider an approach to the examination of mortality and longevity limits when survival data on related individuals with and without observed covariates are present. They maintain that the method blends the concepts of demography and...

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Publicado en:	Demography Vol. 34; pp. 31 - 49
Autores principales:	Yashin, Anatoli I., Iachine, Ivan A.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. February 1997
Materias:	Interdisciplinary research Mortality > Mathematical models Longevity Mathematical models Genetics of aging Twins Statistics Demography methodology
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