Sex differentials in frailty in medieval England

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-297

  DeWitte, Sharon N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black death; Paleodemography; Paleoepidemiology; Selective mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; MIDDLE AGES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOSTITIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLAGUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DISEASES; CEMETERIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; LONDON; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORBIT; PERIOSTITIS; PLAGUE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 77956635571     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21316     Document Type: Article

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