Outside St. Jørgen: Leprosy in the medieval Danish city of Odense

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 344-351

  Boldsen, Jesper L ^a   Mollerup, Lene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Leprosarium; Leprosy; Leprosy eradication; Middle Ages; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BONE AND BONES; DENMARK; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33744958155     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20363     Document Type: Article

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