Earliest evidence of spinal tuberculosis from the Aneolithic Yayoi period in Japan

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 392-402

  Suzuki, T ^a   Inoue, T ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Palaeopathology; Population history; Tuberculosis; Yayoi period

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548136957     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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