Status and health in Roman Dorset: The effect of status on risk of mortality in post-conquest populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-208

  Redfern, Rebecca C ^a   Dewitte, Sharon N ^b  

^a MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; Roman Britain; sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; ITALY; JUVENILE; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURIAL; CEMETERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ROMAN WORLD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052696107     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21563     Document Type: Article

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