Civil war: Is it all about disease and xenophobia? A comment on Letendre, Fincher & Thornhill

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-167

  Hendrix, Cullen S ^a   Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^b,c  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civil war; Collectivism individualism; Infectious disease; Intrastate armed conflict; National wealth; Parasite; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; WAR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; WAR;

EID: 84855283611     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00189.x     Document Type: Note

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