Paleoepidemiology of vertebral degenerative disease in a Pre-Columbian Muisca series from Colombia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 416-430

  Rojas Sepúlveda, Claudia ^a   Ardagna, Yann ^a   Dutour, Olivier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DJD; Occupational stress; Osteoarthritis; South America; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGE FACTORS; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 40949129464     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20762     Document Type: Article

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