Brief communication: New evidence of tuberculosis from prehistoric Korea - Population movement and early evidence of tuberculosis in far East Asia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-360

  Suzuki, Takao ^a   Fujita, Hisashi ^b   Jong, Gyu Choi ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Niigata College of Nursing   (Japan)

^c Kyongnam Archeology Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Korea; Paleopathology; Population history; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BRONZE AGE; EPIDEMIC; JAPAN; KOREA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; TUBERCULOSIS;

BONE AND BONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KOREA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 46049097543     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20811     Document Type: Article

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