Biology, Diseases, and Economics: An Epidemiological History of Slavery in the American South

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-190

  Coelho, Philip R P ^a   McGuire, Robert A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ethnic disparities; Evolution; Hookworm; Malaria; Parasites; Plantations

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PIERINAE;

EID: 0043045998     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010034830415     Document Type: Article

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