State of preservation of polymorphic plasma proteins recovered from ancient human bones

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 383-394

  Wiechmann, Ingrid ^a   Brandt, Elisabeth ^a   Grupe, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Degradation; Electrophoretic separation; Forensic sciences; Identification; Plasma proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039179953     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199911/12)9:6<383::AID-OA491>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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