Paleoepidemiology: Is There a Case to Answer?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 21-27

  De Souza, Sheila M F Mendonça ^a   De Carvalho, Diana Maul ^b   Lessa, Andrea ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Bioarchaeology; Methods; Paleoepidemiology; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN;

ARCHAEOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0041468715     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762003000900005     Document Type: Article

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