WAC8: Our Session on Paleopathology in Asia

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Dr. Eun Jin Woo (Yonsei University)

Dr. Lanka Ranaweera (University of Kelaniya)

Dr. Hisashi Fujita (Niigata College of Nursing) and I 

Dr. Aiko Saso 

Dr. Yumiko Oyabu (Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum)

Dr. Helen Cho (Davidson College, US)

Chair the session T10-O

My presentation on Paleoradiology in S Korea

Dr. Shiori Yonemoto (Kyushu University)

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