Impact of industrialization: Comparative study of child health in four sites from medieval and postmedieval England (A.D. 850-1859)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-223

  Lewis, Mary E ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Growth; Industrialization; Mortality; Non adults; Skeletal remains; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKELETON; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEALTH TRANSITION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE;

EID: 0036839476     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10126     Document Type: Article

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