The person-years construct: Ageing and the prevalence of health related phenomena from skeletal samples

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 369-374

  Glencross, Bonnie ^a   Sawchuk, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Fractures; Inter population comparisons; Osteoarthrities; Person years; Poisson counts; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844345891     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.698     Document Type: Article

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