5000 years of schistosomiasis in Egypt

Chungara

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-135

  Rosalie David, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egyptian mummies; Paleopathology; Snails

Indexed keywords

EID: 52849134802     PISSN: 07161182     EISSN: 07177356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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