Muscle markers revisited: Activity pattern reconstruction with controls in a central California Amerind population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 931-940

  Weiss, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Body size; Musculoskeletal stress markers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; ARM BONES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34250377351     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20607     Document Type: Article

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