Skeletal evidence for the emergence of infectious disease in bronze and iron age northern Vietnam

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-376

  Oxenham, Marc F ^a   Nguyen, Kim Thuy ^b   Nguyen, Lan Cuong ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Archaeology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Health; Infectious disease; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE INJURY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FORAGING; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MYCOSIS; PARASITE VECTOR; SITTING; VIET NAM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY; VIETNAM;

EID: 15244357020     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20048     Document Type: Article

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