Nutritional and disease stress of juveniles from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-234

  Wheeler, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Morbidity; Mortality; Paleoepidemiology; Roman period

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859639799     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1201     Document Type: Article

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