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Paleopathology in perspective : bone health and disease through time / Elizabeth Weiss.
Penn Museum Library R134.8 .W46 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Elizabeth, 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleopathology.
- Bone Diseases--pathology.
- Bone Diseases--etiology.
- Bone and Bones--injuries.
- Bone Development--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Paleopathology.
- Bone Diseases--pathology.
- Bone Diseases--etiology.
- Bone and Bones--injuries.
- Bone Development--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Summary:
- Elizabeth Weiss introduces readers to how lifestyle changes-in complex interaction with biology, genes, and environment-affect health in this distinctive tour of human osteology, past and present.
- Contents:
- Introduction to bone research
- Growth patterns
- Adult bone health
- Childhood injuries
- Back pains
- Arthritis
- Oral health
- Infectious diseases
- Congenital defects
- The next fifty years?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780759124424
- 9780759124035
- 0759124035
- 0759124426
- OCLC:
- 887858059
- Publisher Number:
- 99969132214
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