History and demographic composition of the Robert J. Terry anatomical collection

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-417

  Hunt, David R ^a   Albanese, John ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hamann Todd collection; History of human skeletal collections; History of physical anthropology; Huntington collection

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MUSEUMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKELETON;

EID: 22544432537     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20135     Document Type: Review

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