The Causal Relationship between Fertility and Infant Mortality: Prospective analyses of a population in transition

Population in the Human Sciences: Concepts, Models, Evidence

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kaplan, Hillard ^a   Hooper, Paul L ^b   Stieglitz, Jonathan ^a   Gurven, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Causal relationships; Demographic transition; Evolutionary anthropology; Fertility; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938629881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199688203.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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