Human skeletal paleopathology

International Journal of Paleopathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Ortner, Donald J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient disease; Classification; Paleopathology; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053010407     PISSN: 18799817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2011.01.002     Document Type: Note

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