Bone Changes in the Human Skull Probably Resulting from Scurvy in Infancy and Childhood

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-220

  Ortner, Donald J ^a,b   Ericksen, Mary Frances ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood department of anthropology; Hypertrophic lesions; Infancy; Metabolic disease; Porosity; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000144578     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199705)7:3<212::aid-oa346>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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