The archaeological study of epidemic and infectious disease

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

EID: 0142228758     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824032000111353     Document Type: Article

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