Social and biological determinants of reproductive success in Swedish males and females born 1915-1929

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-341

  Goodman, Anna ^a   Koupil, Ilona ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Intergenerational effects; Mortality; Reproductive success; Social and biological determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149102975     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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