The role of mummy studies in paleoparasitology

Chungara

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Araújo, Adauto ^a   Reinhard, Karl J ^b   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Paleopathology; Parasites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346245977     PISSN: 07161182     EISSN: 07177356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-73562000000100018     Document Type: Article

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