Odyssey in the evolution of a paleopathologist

Rothschild, Bruce M.

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Odyssey in the evolution of a paleopathologist

Bruce M. Rothschild

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West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA 55213, USA

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