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A simple derivation of the Gompertz law for human mortality

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The Gompertz law of dependence of human mortality rate on age is derived from a simple model of death as a result of an exponentially rare escape of abnormal cells from immunological response.

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Shklovskii, B.I. A simple derivation of the Gompertz law for human mortality. Theory Biosci. 123, 431–433 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thbio.2005.01.001

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