Analysis of interobserver scoring patterns in porotic hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 248-258

  Jacobi, Keith P ^a   Danforth, Marie Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cribra orbitalia; Interobserver error; Palaeopathology; Porotic hyperostosis; Scoring standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040076659     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.619     Document Type: Article

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