Situating mortality: Quantifying crisis points and periods of stability

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-470

  Sawchuk, Lawrence A ^a   Tripp, Lianne ^a   Damouras, Sotirios ^a   DeBono, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

crisis; epidemics; harvesting effect; mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EPIDEMIC; GIBRALTAR; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFLUENZA; MALTA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAR; YELLOW FEVER;

CRISIS; EPIDEMICS; HARVESTING EFFECT; MORTALITY;

CHOLERA; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIBRALTAR; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY;

EID: 84887452627     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22380     Document Type: Article

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