Growth and vitamin D deficiency in a population from 19th century Birmingham, England

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-415

  Mays, Simon ^a   Brickley, M ^b   Ives, R ^b  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone deformity; Endochondral growth; Palaeopathology; Rickets

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649445749     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.976     Document Type: Article

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