Serum Proteins in Archaeological Human Bone

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-308

  Grupe, Gisela ^a,b   Turban Just, Susanne ^a  

^a Inst Anthropologie und Humangenetik   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

A2HS; Albumin; Archaeological human bone; Gel electrophoresis; Immunology; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040913297     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199606)6:3<300::aid-oa273>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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