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Growing pains: the interpretation of stress indicators
Author(s) -
Lewis Mary,
Roberts Charlotte
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199711/12)7:6<581::aid-oa325>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , interpretation (philosophy) , malnutrition , history , medicine , ecology , computer science , biology , pathology , programming language
An emphasis on the study of stress indicators in biological anthropology represents a move away from the identification of specific diseases to a more general analysis of malnutrition and infection in past populations. This paper reviews the current literature and discusses the methodological problems behind scoring and recording these conditions. Suggestions are made on how these problems may be addressed in the future. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.