Measurements of Bone Mineral Density of the Radius in a Medieval Population

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-161

  McEwan, J M ^a   Mays, S ^b   Blake, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological; DXA; Lifestyle; Osteoporosis; Radius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RADIUS;

EID: 1342302345     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-002-1047-0     Document Type: Article

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