Skeletal manifestation of rickets in infants and young children in a historic population from England

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-374

  Mays, Simon ^a   Brickley, M ^b   Ives, R ^b  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolic disease; Paleopathology; Radiography; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; COXA VARA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG BONE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RIB MALFORMATION; RICKETS; RURAL POPULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKULL; TRABECULAR BONE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BONE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTORY; INFANT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE AND BONES; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RICKETS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33144462918     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20292     Document Type: Article

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