Human Population: The Next Half Century

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5648, 2003, Pages 1172-1175

  Cohen, Joel E ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERTILITY; HUMAN; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; BIRTH RATE; CULTURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0242666175     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1088665     Document Type: Review

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16. I acknowledge with thanks the support of U.S. National Science Foundation grant DEB 9981552, the assistance of K. Rogerson, and the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Golden during this work.