A retrospective examination of paleoparasitology and its establishment in the journal of parasitology

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-259

  Faulkner, Charles T ^a   Reinhard, Karl J ^a,b  

^a LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOLOGY; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PREHISTORIC PERIOD;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902491183     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/13-485.1     Document Type: Article

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