Adult scurvy in skeletal remains of late 19th century mineworkers in Kimberley, South Africa

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-316

  Van Der Merwe, A E ^a,b   Steyn, M ^a   Maat, G J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kimberley diamond mine; Ossified haematomas; Palaeohistopathology; Scurvy; Vitamin C deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954632274     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1037     Document Type: Article

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