Smallpox did reduce height: A reply to our critics

Economic History Review

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 372-381

  Leunig, Timothy ^a   Voth, Hans Joachim ^a  

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EID: 0042578306     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00097     Document Type: Article

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