New Evidence of Tuberculous Spondylitis from Neolithic Liguria (Italy)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 497-501

  Canci, Alessandro ^a   Minozzi, Simona ^a   Silvana, M ^a   Tarli, Borgognini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Middle neolithic; Palaeopathology; Tuberculosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542634291     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199612)6:5<497::AID-OA291>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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