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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Main Author: MARTIN, DEBRA L
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1983
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8401083