Paleopathology

Informationen zum Autor Professor Tony Waldron teaches palaeopathology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. The author of about 300 peer-reviewed papers in medical, scientific, and archaeology journals, as well as books on occupational medicine and palaeoepidemiology, he is co-founder of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and served as co-editor for its first decade. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Institute of Biology, and the Royal Anthropological Institute. Klappentext Based on modern clinical knowledge Palaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction! and diagnosis; 2. Bone metabolism and pathology; 3. Diseases of joints: osteoarthritis; 4. Other joint diseases; 5. Bone forming and DISH; 6. Infectious diseases; 7. Metabolic diseases; 8. Trauma; 9. Tumours; 10. Disorders of growth and development; 11. Soft tissue diseases; 12. Dental disease; 13. An introduction to epidemiology.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Waldron
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521861373
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86137-3
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 261 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Cambridge Manuals in Archaeolo; Cambridge Manuals in Archaeolo
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history