Population, sex ratios and Development in Greenland

Arctic

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Hamilton, Lawrence C ^a   Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Nordregio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Demography; Fertility; Greenland; Migration; Mortality; Population; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TIME SERIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBANIZATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 77950819051     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic645     Document Type: Article

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