Population geography II: Mortality, premature death, and the ordering of life

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 360-373

  Tyner, James A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body; mortality; necropolitics; premature death

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84930389368     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132514527037     Document Type: Article

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