Wachter, Kenneth W.
WACHTER, Kenneth W.
WACHTER, Kenneth W. American, b. 1947. Genres: History, Sciences, Medicine/Health. Career: University of California, Berkeley, professor of demography, 1977-; writer. National Academy of Sciences, USA, 1999-. Publications: Statistical Studies of Historical Social Structure, 1978; (with R. Floud and A. Gregory) Height, Health, and History, 1990; (with C. Finch) Between Zeus and the Salmon, 1997. Address: Department of Demography, University of California, 2232 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, CA 94720-2120, U.S.A.
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