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The age separating early deaths from late deaths
Zhen Zhang, James W. Vaupel
Demographic Research, Volume 20, Article 29

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Zhang, Z. and Vaupel, J.W. (2008). The Threshold between Compression and Expansion of Mortality. Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2008 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 17-19, 2008.
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