An investigation of skeletal indicators of vitamin D deficiency in adults: Effective markers for interpreting past living conditions and pollution levels in 18th and 19th century Birmingham, England

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-79

  Brickley, Megan ^a   Mays, Simon ^b   Ives, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolic disease; Osteomalacia; Paleopathology; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN D;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOMALACIA; POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETON; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE AND BONES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33845906366     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20491     Document Type: Article

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