Rib remodeling dynamics in a skeletal population from Kulubnarti, Nubia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 519-530

  Mulhern, Dawn M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation frequency; Bone formation rate; Effective age of adult compacta; Nubia; Osteon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MATURATION; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; RIB; SKELETON; SUDAN;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE REMODELING; HUMANS; RIBS;

EID: 0034127022     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200004)111:4<519::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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