Porotic hyperostosis in a late upper palaeolithic skeleton (Villabruna 1, Italy)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-368

  Vercellotti, G ^a   Caramella, D ^b   Formicola, V ^b   Fornaciari, G ^b   Larsen, C S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Italy; Late upper palaeolithic; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954685051     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1098     Document Type: Article

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