Technical note: A stereological analysis of the cross-sectional variability of the femoral osteon population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 491-496

  Villa, Chiara ^a   Lynnerup, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bone microscopy; Femur; Histomorphometry; Osteon population density (OPD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; DEATH; FEMUR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 77953507638     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21269     Document Type: Article

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