Bone quantity and quality in past populations

Anatomical Record

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-432

  Agarwal, Sabrina C ^a   Grynpas, Marc D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Bone mass; Bone quality; Osteoporosis; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARCHEOLOGY; BONE ATROPHY; BONE MASS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0029807558     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199612)246:4<423::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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