Palaeoepidemiological Patterns of Trauma in a Medieval Nubian Skeletal Population

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-114

  Kilgore, Lynn ^a   Jurmain, Robert ^b   Van Gerven, Dennis ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Fracture; Nubia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001415176     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199703)7:2<103::aid-oa319>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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