Isolation and marriage patterns in four South Tyrolean villages (Italy) during the nineteenth century

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 787-791

  Riegler, A ^a   Marroni, F ^a   Pattaro, C ^a   Gueresi, P ^b   Pramstaller, P P ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d Gen Reg Hosp   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INBREEDING; ITALY; MALE; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 48249139081     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002568     Document Type: Article

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