Palaeopathology and its relevance to understanding health and disease today: the impact of the environment on health, past and present

This paper considers the discipline of palaeopathology, how it has developed, how it is studied, and what limitations present challenges to analysis. The study of disease has a long history and has probably most rapidly developed over the last 40-50 years with the development of methods, and particu...

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Main Author: Roberts Charlotte Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-03-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2016-0001