PALEOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BONE REMODELING IN THE MEROITIC, X-GROUP AND CHRISTIAN POPULATIONS FROM SUDANESE NUBIA
Bone remodeling activity was assessed on a large and homogeneous skeletal population. The association of remodeling and bone maintenance with age, sex, and gross pathologies was examined. Microstructural analysis of the femur was used to evaluate health for 234 skeletal individuals spanning three cu...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1983
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8401083 |