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Abstract
"In this paper we outline and evaluate a nine-parameter version of the Heligman-Pollard formula. In our applications, using mortality data for five European countries we found that this version provides closer fits to empirical mortality data than the classical eight-parameter formula, thus eliminating a source of systematic error in this latter formula." excerptEntities:
Keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Error Sources; Europe; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Measurement; Models, Theoretical; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology
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Year: 1992 PMID: 12343719 DOI: 10.1080/08898489209525346
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Math Popul Stud ISSN: 0889-8480 Impact factor: 0.720