Social sciences: A New World of differences

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7092, 2006, Pages 411-412

  Miller, Shaun ^a   Diamond, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

BRANCHING CHAINS; CAUSE AND EFFECT;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIAL THEORY;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; CANADA; CHILE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUBA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; MIGRATION; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

AGRICULTURE; AMERICAS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE; COMMERCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 33745300475     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/441411a     Document Type: Short Survey

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