Effect of the bubonic plague epidemic on inbreeding in 14th century Britain

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-111

  Pattison, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; EPIDEMIC; GENEALOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; PEDIGREE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAGUE; POPULATION;

EID: 0037243098     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10123     Document Type: Article

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