A two-parameter hazard function to describe age patterns of mortality in ancient Northwestern Europe

Abstract When seeking to describe the age patterns of mortality for ancient populations, researchers are often confronted with small sample sizes or with missing data for several age groups. The traditional approach to dealing with these challenges is to smooth or complement such patterns by matchin...

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Main Authors: Hugo J. P. La Poutré, Fanny Janssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:Genus
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00122-w