New evidence for dysgenic fertility for intelligence in the United States

Social Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 146-153

  Lynn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SIBLING; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; INTELLIGENCE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SIBLINGS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH RATE; EUGENICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033085788     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1999.9988992     Document Type: Article

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