A Nineteenth-Century Case of Carcinoma of the Prostate, with a Note on the Early History of the Disease

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-247

  Waldron, Tony ^a,b  

^a Palaeopathology Study Group   (United Kingdom)

^b PPSG   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; History; Palaeopathology; Periostitis; Prostate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347705583     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199705)7:3<241::AID-OA354>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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