Osteoarthritis and activity-an analysis of the relationship between eburnation, Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM) and age in two Neolithic hunter-gatherer populations from Gotland, Sweden

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-291

  Molnar, Petra ^a   Ahlstrom, Torbjorn P ^b   Leden, Ido ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ajvide; Degenerative joint disease; V sterbjers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956145053     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1131     Document Type: Article

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