Accuracy in Dry Bone Diagnosis: A Comment on Palaeopathological Methods

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-229

  Miller, Elizabeth ^a   Ragsdale, Bruce D ^b   Ortner, Donald J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disease category; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001317134     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199606)6:3<221::AID-OA267>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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