Height and health: Predicting longevity from bone length in archaeological remains

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 505-507

  Gunnell, D ^a   Rogers, J ^b   Dieppe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; SKELETON;

ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 0034961623     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.7.505     Document Type: Article

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