Medieval examples of syphilis from European Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 271-276

  Buzhilova, Alexandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Mediaeval time; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001405713     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199909/10)9:5<271::AID-OA496>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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