Cumulative sperm whale bone damage and the bends

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5705, 2004, Pages 2215-

  Moore, Michael J ^a   Early, Greg A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE STRUCTURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; MALE; OSTEONECROSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WHALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 19944417562     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105452     Document Type: Article

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