Cribra orbitalia and cribra cranii in Roman skeletal remains from the Ravenna area and Rimini (I-IV century AD)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-136

  Facchini, F ^a   Rastelli, E ^a   Brasili, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cribra cranii; Cribra orbitalia; Porotic hyperostosis; Roman Age

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844339990     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.717     Document Type: Article

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