Suitability of immunohistochemistry for the determination of collagen stability in historic bone tissue

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-281

  Parsche, Franz ^a   Nerlich, Andreas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen types; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003255629     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0110     Document Type: Article

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