Palaeopathology: The study of disease in the past

Pathobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 221-227

  Fernández, Pedro L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Antiquity; Archaeology; Mummy; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TAPHONOMY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862895635     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335165     Document Type: Article

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