People of India: Biological diversity and affinities

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 100-110

  Majumder, Partha P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Culture; Genetics; Geography; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032221244     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1998)6:3<100::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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