
The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease
Description
Key Features
- Covers deficiencies of vitamin C and D, osteoporosis (age-related and secondary), Paget’s disease of bone, anaemia and approaches to disease co-occurrence
- Contains clear and user-friendly guidance for macroscopic, radiological and microscopic diagnoses
- Highlights current inquiries and debates in biological anthropology, bioarchaeology, palaeopathology, medical history and clinical/biomedical research
- Extensive figures, most new or updated, provide invaluable information on biological processes and lesion expression through diagrams and photographs
Readership
Researchers in Anthropology, bioarchaeology and archaeology. Graduate students, undergraduate students studying in anthropology, bioarchaeology, and archaeology
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the study of Metabolic Bone Disease
2. The Study of Metabolic Disease in Bioarchaeology
3. Biology and Metabolism of Mineralised Tissues
4. Vitamin C Deficiency, Scurvy
5. Vitamin D Deficiency
6. Age-related bone loss and Osteoporosis
7. Secondary Osteoporosis
8. Paget’s Disease of Bone
9. Anaemia
10. Disease Co-occurence
11. Overview and Future Directions for Research
Product details
- No. of pages: 328
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: July 30, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081010204
- eBook ISBN: 9780081022788
About the Authors
Megan Brickley
Affiliations and Expertise
Rachel Ives
Affiliations and Expertise
Simon Mays
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