Spondylolysis of the sacrum in Alaskan and Canadian Inuit skeletons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-367

  Merbs, Charles F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Sex; Skeletal development; Vertebral stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SACRUM; SKELETON; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INUITS; MALE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SACRUM; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORTS;

EID: 0029973916     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199611)101:3<357::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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