The analysis of survival (mortality) data: Fitting Gompertz, Weibull, and logistic functions
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
- Vol. 74 (1-2) , 15-33
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-6374(94)90095-7
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