Porotic hyperostosis as a marker of health and nutritional conditions during childhood: Studies at the transition between imperial Rome and the early middle ages

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 709-717

  Salvadei, Loretana ^a   Ricci, Francesca ^b   Manzi, Giorgio ^b  

^a Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico L Pigorini   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POROSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SKULL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; PALEODONTOLOGY; ROMAN WORLD; SKULL;

ROMAN;

EID: 0035182967     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1115     Document Type: Article

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