A simple derivation of the Gompertz law for human mortality
Cell Behavior
2007-05-23 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Other Condensed Matter
Other Quantitative Biology
Abstract
The Gompertz law of dependence of human mortality rate on age is derived from a simple model of death as a result of the exponentially rare escape of abnormal cells from immunological response.
Cite
@article{arxiv.q-bio/0411019,
title = {A simple derivation of the Gompertz law for human mortality},
author = {B. I. Shklovskii},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-bio/0411019},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, typos corrected