First paleoparasitological analysis of a midden in the Aleutian Islands (Alaska): Results and limits

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-372

  Bouchet, F ^a   Lefevre C ^b   West, D ^c   Corbett, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FOSSIL; HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; WHALE;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; SOIL; WHALES;

EID: 0344689835     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285649     Document Type: Article

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