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Some Remarks About “Mortality of a Heterogeneous Cohort; Description and Implications”
Author(s) -
Hougaard Philip
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710290223
Subject(s) - statistics , cohort , demography , mathematics , econometrics , geography , sociology
It is pointed out that the results of Vaupel et al. (1979) on mortality for heterogeneous populations are correct and thus it is not correct of Nour (1984) to claim that the results are faulty.