Estimation of adult skeletal age-at-death: Statistical assumptions and applications

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-188

  Samworth, R ^a   Gowland, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological model; Conditional distribution; Linear regression; Look up table

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247340002     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.867     Document Type: Article

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