Incidence of four-generation family lineages: Is timing of fertility or mortality a better explanation?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Matthews, Sarah H ^a   Sun, Rongjun ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STUDY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33644653657     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.2.S99     Document Type: Article

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