Possible relationship between porotic hyperostosis and smallpox infections in nineteenth-century populations in the northern frontier, South Africa

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-305

  Peckmann, Tanya R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Indigenous peoples; Nineteenth century; Porotic hyperostosis; Smallpox; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SMALLPOX;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0142166755     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824032000111434     Document Type: Article

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