Reviewing twinship in Africa

Ethnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Renne, E P ^a   Bastian, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CULTURAL TRADITION; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034957107     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773885     Document Type: Article

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