Census versus sample data in isonymy studies: Relationship at short distances

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 733-738

  Lasker, Gabriel W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of relationship; Distance effect; English villages; Isonym; Kinship; Sampling bias; Surnames

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031260418     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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