Regional, social, and evolutionary perspective on treponemal infection in the southeastern United States

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 544-558

  Hutchinson, Dale L ^a   Richman, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital syphilis; Southeastern United States; Treponemal infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHAIC PERIOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONOLOGY; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOHISTORIC PERIOD; SCAR; SKULL INJURY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; SYPHILIS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

BONE DISEASES; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TOOTH DISEASES; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645222419     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20301     Document Type: Article

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