Sagittal Clefting of the Body and Other Vertebral Developmental Errors in Canadian Inuit Skeletons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-249

  Merbs, Charles F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Hudson Bay; Notochord; Sadlermiut; Segmentation error; Spina bifida; Thule Historic Inuit; Vertebral development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CANADA; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTOCHORD; POPULATION SIZE; SKELETON; SPINA BIFIDA; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPINE;

EID: 1342268021     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10264     Document Type: Article

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