State IQ and fertility in the United States

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-49

  Shatz, Steven M ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgenics; Fertility; IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249083991     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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