Field paleoradiography of skeletal material from the Early Classic Period of Copan, Honduras

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 246-253

  Nystrom, Kenneth C ^a   Braunstein, Ethan M ^b,c   Buikstra, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHEOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL BONE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 5444261450     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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