Palaeoepidemiology: The Measure of Disease in the Human Past

by Tony Waldron

How do we identify and measure human disease in the past? In the absence of soft tissue, paleoepidemiologists have developed ingenious ways of assessing illness and mortality in archaeological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598742523
• ISBN13: 9781598742527
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book for paleoepidemiology studies

The book reviews the methods used in both traditional epidemiology studies and paleoepidemiology studies. The overview of these methods, as well as, the positives and negatives associated with them is concise and easy to understand.