Maternal age and ethnicity in determining demography and selection intensity parameters among North Indian Muslims

Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ara, Gulshan ^a   Itrat Un Nisa, ^b   Siddique, Yasir Hasan ^a   Afzal, Mohammad ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mortality; Selection intensity and Ashraf Ajlaf; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749100868     PISSN: 19394594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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