Past malaria, thalassemia and woman fertility in southern Italy

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-173

  Astolfi, Paola ^a,d   Lisa, A ^b   Degioanni, A ^c   Tagarelli, A ^b   Zei, G ^b  

^a Univesita degli Studi di Pavia   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Dipto di Genet e M U degli S   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; MALARIA; NATURAL SELECTION;

ITALY;

EID: 0033103070     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282868     Document Type: Article

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