A foot deformity from a Romano-British cemetery at Gloucester, England, and the current evidence for Talipes in palaeopathology

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-403

  Roberts, C A ^a   Knusel C J ^b   Race, L ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; England; Foot deformity; Gloucester; Romano British

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844340649     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.723     Document Type: Article

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