Methods for improving the efficiency of estimating total osteon density in the human anterior mid-diaphyseal femur

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-24

  Iwaniec, Urszula T ^a,d   Crenshaw, Thomas D ^a   Schoeninger, Margaret J ^a   Stout, Sam D ^b   Ericksen, Mary F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Histomorphometry; Inuit; Paleohistology; Pueblo; Secondary osteon; Variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; DIAPHYSES; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MIDDLE AGED; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0031721773     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199809)107:1<13::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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