Obesity in the Neolithic era: A Greek female figurine

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1112-1114

  Christopoulou Aletra, Helen ^a   Papavramidou, Niki ^a   Pozzilli, Paolo ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Figurine; Neolithic; Obesity; Thessaly Greece; Venus

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BODY HEIGHT; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; FERTILITY; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; OBESITY; SCULPTURE;

EID: 33747135728     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206778026334     Document Type: Article

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