Life tables in palaeodemography: A methodological note
โ Scribed by Jeff T. Williams
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 564 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1047-482X
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