Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-240

  Paine, Richard R ^a   Harpending, Henry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant underenumeration; Reference sample bias; Skeletal series

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION GROWTH; SKELETON;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE TABLES; PALEONTOLOGY; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0031888064     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199802)105:2<231::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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