The use of non-adult vertebral dimensions as indicators of growth disruption and non-specific health stress in skeletal populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 155-164

  Newman, Sophie L ^a   Gowland, Rebecca L ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axial growth; post medieval; puberty; stature; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL AGE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGES; NEURAL CANAL TRANSVERSE DIAMETER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; SPINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84938964945     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22770     Document Type: Article

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