Isonymy and the structure of the Provençal-Italian ethnic minority

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-174

  Biondi, G ^a   Vienna, A ^b   Pena Garcia J A ^c   Mascie Taylor, C G N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ITALY; SOCIAL CLASS;

HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUPS; NAMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 14644412920     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200400656X     Document Type: Article

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