Are plague pits of particular use to palaeoepidemiologists?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 104-108

  Waldron, H A ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black death; Palaeoepidemiology; Palaeopathology; Plague

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE TABLE; MALE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLAGUE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SKELETON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND(LONDON); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035098509     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.104     Document Type: Article

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