Probable evidence of scurvy in subadults from archeological sites in Peru

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-331

  Ortner, Donald J ^a,b   Kimmerle, Erin H ^c   Diez, Melanie ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d American Chiropractic Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic lesions; Peru; Porotic lesions; Subadult scurvy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; PERU; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCURVY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSILS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERU; SCURVY; SKULL;

EID: 0033018292     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199903)108:3<321::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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