Harris lines revisited: Prevalence, comorbidities, and possible etiologies

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-391

  Papageorgopoulou, Christina ^a,b   Suter, Susanne K ^a   Rühli, Frank J ^a   Siegmund, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Archaeological Service Grisons   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953883502     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21155     Document Type: Article

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