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Otitis media and mastoiditis in temporal bones of prehistoric Chilean populations. A paleopathological and paleoepidemiological study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2019
This study evaluates otitis media in prehistoric populations in northern Chile.Determining prevalence of otitis media and diagnostic usefulness of temporal-bone X-rays in skulls.444 skulls belonging to three groups: prehistoric-coastal (400-1000 AD), prehistoric-highland (400-1000 AD) and Pisagua-Regional Developments (1000-1450 AD).
Marcos V, Goycoolea, Mario, Castro, Marcelo, Galvez, Carlos, Montoya, Jorge, Fuentes, Veronica, Silva-Pinto   +5 more
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Paleoepidemiology

The field of paleoepidemiology utilizes epidemiological and bioarchaeological methods and theoretical frameworks to examine aggregate patterns of disease and other health outcomes in past populations. Paleoepidemiological studies most often use data gathered from the skeletal remains of deceased individuals to investigate the origin and antiquity of ...
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Spina bifida in a pre-Columbian Cuban population: A paleoepidemiological study of genetic and dietary risk factors

International Journal of Paleopathology, 2013
A holistic approach is necessary to investigate health in archeological populations. Molecular techniques, particularly multiplex PCR and SNaPshot minisequencing, can be combined with paleopathology and dietary analysis (stable isotope, starch, zooarchaeological analyses) to understand aspects of population health.
Stephanie, Armstrong, Louise, Cloutier, Carlos, Arredondo, Mirjana, Roksandic, Carney, Matheson   +4 more
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Paleoepidemiology of a Central California prehistoric population from CA‐ALA‐329: II. Degenerative disease

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1990
AbstractDegenerative lesions are scored and frequencies of involvement are computed for a skeletal collection from Ca‐Ala‐329, a prehistoric site on the southeastern side of San Francisco Bay, dating from 500 A.D. up to European contact. A large earthmound site, excavations conducted there by San Jose State University retrieved close to 300 burials ...
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A paleoepidemiologic study of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

Joint bone spine, 2000
To investigate the prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in ancient populations.We studied 38 women and 61 men aged at least 30 years at death, whose remains were recovered from four cemeteries of the High Middle Ages (VIth to VIIIth century) located in Lorraine (eastern France).
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Paleoepidemiology of Porotic Hyperostosis in the  Libben and Bt-5 Skeletal Populations

1991
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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On paleoepidemiology of spina bifida sacralis: prevalence of the anomaly in Late Scythians of lower Dnieper region

Vestnik Archeologii, Antropologii I Etnografii, 2022
Marina K Karapetian
exaly  

Paleoepidemiological inference and neanderthal dental enamel hypoplasias: A reply to neiburger

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1991
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Review of: Paleoepidemiology: The Epidemiology of Human Remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2008
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Life not death: Epidemiology from skeletons

International Journal of Paleopathology, 2017
George R Milner
exaly