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Reply to “On ‘a new look at entropy and the life table’” by S. Mitra

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  • Noreen Goldman & Graham Lord, 1987. "Reply to “On ‘a new look at entropy and the life table’” by S. Mitra," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 24(3), pages 441-442, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:24:y:1987:i:3:p:441-442
    DOI: 10.2307/2061310
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    1. Lloyd Demetrius, 1979. "Relations between demographic parameters," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 16(2), pages 329-338, May.
    2. S. Mitra, 1978. "A short note on the taeuber paradox," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 15(4), pages 621-623, November.
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