Secondary osteon and Haversian canal dimensions as behavioral indicators

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 460-468

  Pfeiffer, Susan ^a   Crowder, Christian ^a   Harrington, Lesley ^a   Brown, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Metagenics Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult age estimation; Bone remodeling; Histomorphology

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RIB; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCYTES; PALEONTOLOGY; RIBS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33751047179     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20454     Document Type: Article

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