Sex differences in activity-related osseous change in the spine and the gendered division of labor at Ensay and Wharram Percy, UK

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-354

  Sofaer Derevenski, Joanna R ^a  

^a FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Lifestyle; Osseous modification; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034102385     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200003)111:3<333::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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