A multistage theory of age-specific acceleration in human mortality
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Humans die at an increasing rate until late in life, when mortality rates level off. The causes of the late-life mortality plateau have been debated extensively over the past few years. Here, I examine mortality patterns separately f...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/2/16 |