Childhood scurvy in a medieval burial from Mačvanska Mitrovica, Serbia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-207

  Brown, Matthew ^a,b   Ortner, Donald J ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Osteology; Paleopathology; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953015396     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1124     Document Type: Article

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