Paleopathology in Perspective

Paleopathology in Perspective

Paleopathology in Perspective

Elizabeth Weiss

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2014
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Ecología, la biosfera
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9780759124035
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Elizabeth Weiss introduces readers to how lifestyle changes—in complex interaction with biology, genes, and environment—affect health in this distinctive tour of human osteology, past and present.

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