Period Life Tables for Calculating Life Expectancy: Options to Assess and Minimize the Potential for Bias.

Am J Public Health

Colin Steensma and Lidia Loukine are with Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Bernard C. K. Choi and Dena Schanzer are with the Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa.

Published: March 2018

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