The natural selection of infectious disease resistance and its effect on contemporary health

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 742-757

  Justin Cook, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84942626361     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00509     Document Type: Article

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