Anemia, genetic diseases, and malaria in prehistoric Mainland Southeast Asia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-27

  Tayles, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abnormal hemoglobins; Environmental adaptation; Thailand; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALARIA; SKELETON; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; THAILAND;

EID: 0029793845     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199609)101:1<11::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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