Body proportions in a medieval village population: Effects of early childhood episodes of ill health

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-317

  Boldsen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MEDIEVAL; MORBIDITY TRENDS; RURAL HISTORY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DENMARK; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DENMARK; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

DENMARK;

EID: 0032125936     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469800005662     Document Type: Article

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