Evolutionary Aspects of Bone Health: Development in Early Human Populations

Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 169-179

  Nelson, Dorothy A ^a,d   Sauer, Norman J ^b   Agarwal, Sabrina C ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bone health; Evolution; Hominid; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUNTING; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SITTING; TROPICS;

EID: 0345170100     PISSN: 15348644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BMM:1:3-4:169     Document Type: Review

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