Human demography and disease
Auteur :
Scott, Susan / Duncan, C. J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521620529
Date de publication :
4 juin 1998
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,8 x 2,9 cm
Poids :
690 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Much information on population cycles is contained in parish registers. Mathematical techniques described here can provide an insight into mortality patterns in past societies and the ways in which they are subtly influenced by levels of nutrition and by cyclical epidemics of lethal infectious diseases.