Regional, temporal, and seasonal variations in births and deaths: The effects of famines

Social Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 86-104

  Fellman, Johan ^a   Eriksson, Aldur W ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; STARVATION;

BIRTH RATE; EUROPE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; STARVATION;

EID: 0035279292     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2001.9989029     Document Type: Article

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