Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Postmenopausal bone loss in human skeletal remains of a historical population of southeastern France

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Osteoporosis International Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Lees B, Molleson T, Arnett TR, Stevenson JC (1993) Differences in proximal femur density over two centuries. The Lancet 341:673–675

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Mays S, Lees B, Stevenson JC (1998) Age-dependent Bone loss in the femur in a medieval population. Int J Osteoarchaeology 8:97–106

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Mafart B,Chouc PY, Fulpin Y, Boutin JP (2002) Etude par absorptiométrie du contenu minéral osseux dans une population de moniales médiévales cisterciennes (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de l’Almanarre, Hyères, Var, 12ème–14ème siècle). Bull Soc Biom Hum 20:181–185

    Google Scholar 

  4. Mays S, Turner-Walker G, Syversen U (2006) Osteoporosis in a population from medieval Norway. Am J Phys Anthropol 31:343–351

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Brickley M, Agarwal SC (2003) Techniques for the investigation of age-Related Bone loss and osteoporosis in archaeological bone. In Agarwal SC, Stout SD (eds) Bone loss and osteoporosis, an anthropological perspective. Klumer academic Plenum, New York, pp 157–172

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Antenne de l’Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Europôle de l’Arbois, Département de Préhistoire, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 5198, Aix-en-Provence, France

    B. Mafart

  2. Service de Rhumatologie, Hopital Laveran, Marseille, France

    J. Fulpin & P. Y. Chouc

  3. Antenne de l’Institut de Paléontologie humaine, Europôle de l’Arbois, Batimen Villemin BP 80, 13145, Aix-en-Provence, France

    B. Mafart

Authors
  1. B. Mafart
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. Fulpin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. P. Y. Chouc
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to B. Mafart.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mafart, B., Fulpin, J. & Chouc, P.Y. Postmenopausal bone loss in human skeletal remains of a historical population of southeastern France. Osteoporos Int 19, 381–382 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-007-0444-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-007-0444-7

Keywords

Search

Navigation