Tuberculosis on the 17th century man-of-war Kronan

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 344-348

  Nuorala, Emilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bone; IS6110; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002062887     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199909/10)9:5<344::AID-OA490>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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