Fertility and Mortality Differentials among the Population Groups of the Himalayas

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-747

  Kapoor, A K ^a   Kshatriya, Gautam K ^a   Kapoor, Satwanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Altitude; Average live births; Fertility; Himalayas; Mortality; Selection potential; Social categories

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVERAGE; BIRTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 1642454777     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0077     Document Type: Article

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