Early perceptions of an epidemic

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1510, 2008, Pages 3675-3678

  Anderson, Warwick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Fore; Kuru

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; PERCEPTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRION DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 53749098315     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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