Assessment of musculoskeletal stress marker development in the hand

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-347

  Cashmore, L A ^a,b   Zakrzewski, S R ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral asymmetry; Entheses; Enthesopathy; Handedness; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879108592     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1254     Document Type: Article

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