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Scurvy in the Great Irish Famine: Evidence of Vitamin C Deficiency From a Mid-19th Century Skeletal Population

Scurvy has increasingly been recognized in archaeological populations since the 1980s but this study represents the first examination of the paleopathological findings of scurvy in a known famine population. The Great Famine (1845–1852) was a watershed in Irish history and resulted in the death of o...

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Autores principales: Geber, Jonny, Murphy, Eileen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22066