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Why do lifespan variability trends for the young and old diverge? A perturbation analysis

BACKGROUND: Variation in lifespan has followed strikingly different trends for the young and old: while total lifespan variability has decreased as life expectancy at birth has risen, the variability conditional on survival to older ages has increased. These diverging trends reflect changes in the u...

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Autores principales: Engelman, Michal, Caswell, Hal, Agree, Emily M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685053
http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.48