The effects of freezing, boiling and degreasing on the microstructure of bone

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-142

  Lander, S L ^a   Brits, D ^a   Hosie, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BONE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TIBIA;

EID: 84897438513     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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