Age-dependent cortical bone loss in women from 18th and early 19th century London

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-361

  Mays, Simon ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractures; Osteoporosis; Paleopathology; Spitalfields

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARITY;

EID: 0033947944     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200007)112:3<349::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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