A possible case of coccidioidomycosis from the Los Muertos site, Tempe, Arizona

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-327

  Temple, D H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Coccidioidomycosis; Differential diagnosis; Los Muertos; Mycotic disease; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747412968     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.827     Document Type: Article

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