Patterns of femoral bone remodeling dynamics in a Medieval Nubian population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-146

  Mulhern, Dawn M ^a,b   Van Gerven, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haversian canal; Nubia; Osteon; Remodeling; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SUDAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 0030923548     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199709)104:1<133::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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