Infectious diseases and human population history

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-126

  Dobson, Andrew P ^a   Robin Carper, E ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0030024686     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312814     Document Type: Article

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