Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis in a Greek colonial population (5th to 3rd centuries BC) from the Black Sea

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-384

  Keenleyside, A ^a   Panayotova, K ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institute of Archaeology   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Black Sea; Cribra orbitalia; Greek skeletal remains; Porotic hyperostosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750395391     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.831     Document Type: Article

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