The Relationship Between Intensity of Physical Activity and Entheseal Changes on the Lower Limb

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-228

  Niinimaki S ^a   Baiges Sotos, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Identified skeletal population; Musculoskeletal stress markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876109881     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2295     Document Type: Article

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