Letter to the editor: Was tuberculosis present in Homo erectus in Turkey?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-444

  Roberts, Charlotte A ^a   Pfister, Luz Andrea ^b   Mays, Simon ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; BONE REMODELING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; SKELETON; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKULL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TURKEY;

EID: 67649598764     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21056     Document Type: Letter

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