Relationship between cribra orbitalia and enamel hypoplasia in the early medievel Slavic populaton at Borovce, Slovakia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-292

  Obertová, Zuzana ^a,b   Thurzo, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Enamel defects; Middle Ages; Mortality; Orbital lesions; Skeletal remains; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249165283     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.937     Document Type: Article

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