Osteoarchaeological evidence for leprosy from western Central Asia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-158

  Blau, Soren ^a   Yagodin, Vadim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

First millennium AD; Nomadic; Palaeopathology; Sedentary; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIA; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; MAXILLA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKELETON;

BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MORTUARY PRACTICE; MUMMIES; NASAL BONE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 12444295472     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20121     Document Type: Article

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