Understanding Mid-Life and Older Age Mortality Declines: Evidence from Union Army Veterans
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- Costa, Dora L., 2003. "Understanding mid-life and older age mortality declines: evidence from Union Army veterans," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 112(1), pages 175-192, January.
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