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Original Articles

External ear canal exostosis and otitis media in temporal bones of prehistoric and historic chilean populations. A paleopathological and paleoepidemiological study

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Pages 365-369 | Received 03 Oct 2016, Accepted 06 Oct 2016, Published online: 11 Nov 2016

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