In what ways can human skeletal remains be used to understand health and disease from the past?

Neil H Metcalfe

doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.051813

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In what ways can human skeletal remains be used to understand health and disease from the past?

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Apr 2007	67	32	38
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Jun 2007	17	3	4
Jul 2007	27	8	6
Aug 2007	25	5	7
Sep 2007	32	3	4
Oct 2007	44	7	10
Nov 2007	29	11	9
Dec 2007	15	6	8
Jan 2008	39	11	13
Feb 2008	68	11	11
Mar 2008	35	14	16
Apr 2008	23	13	13
May 2008	18	10	7
Jun 2008	12	3	4
Jul 2008	12	10	7
Aug 2008	25	8	4
Sep 2008	43	10	8
Oct 2008	40	27	16
Nov 2008	33	32	9
Dec 2008	18	6	2
Jan 2009	25	3	2
Feb 2009	31	9	10
Mar 2009	54	7	4
Apr 2009	26	9	7
May 2009	22	1	1
Jun 2009	23	3	3
Jul 2009	14	2	3
Aug 2009	14	4	2
Sep 2009	27	1	2
Oct 2009	50	11	6
Nov 2009	27	7	6
Dec 2009	36	2	1
Jan 2010	34	2	4
Feb 2010	30	13	3
Mar 2010	46	2	3
Apr 2010	32	5	2
May 2010	30	4	3
Jun 2010	24	3	3
Jul 2010	19	0	2
Aug 2010	22	2	5
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Oct 2010	46	1	2
Nov 2010	36	14	7
Dec 2010	21	2	2
Jan 2011	21	5	4
Feb 2011	14	1	1
Mar 2011	16	7	2
Apr 2011	10	1	0
May 2011	13	2	2
Jun 2011	8	2	1
Jul 2011	14	1	1
Aug 2011	5	0	0
Sep 2011	5	0	0
Oct 2011	22	4	4
Nov 2011	38	11	8
Dec 2011	34	2	2
Jan 2012	26	0	1
Feb 2012	8	1	0
Mar 2012	14	1	0
Apr 2012	26	3	1
May 2012	21	3	0
Jun 2012	24	1	0
Jul 2012	33	0	1
Aug 2012	11	0	1
Sep 2012	6	0	1
Oct 2012	18	1	3
Nov 2012	10	1	0
Dec 2012	12	2	4
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Feb 2013	12	0	1
Mar 2013	20	3	6
Apr 2013	18	1	0
May 2013	9	8	1
Jun 2013	4	1	0
Jul 2013	4	0	1
Aug 2013	11	0	1
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Oct 2013	7	1	0
Nov 2013	7	2	2
Dec 2013	5	0	0
Jan 2014	6	0	1
Feb 2014	7	0	0
Mar 2014	12	0	1
Apr 2014	16	1	2
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Jul 2014	4	0	0
Aug 2014	5	0	1
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Oct 2014	13	1	2
Nov 2014	2	0	0
Dec 2014	8	0	1
Jan 2015	9	1	0
Feb 2015	11	2	2
Mar 2015	12	0	1
Apr 2015	12	1	0
May 2015	6	0	5
Jun 2015	6	0	0
Jul 2015	4	0	0
Aug 2015	6	0	2
Sep 2015	9	1	2
Oct 2015	9	1	0
Nov 2015	31	1	1
Dec 2015	20	0	0
Jan 2016	21	0	2
Feb 2016	8	1	0
Mar 2016	9	1	1
Apr 2016	10	2	1
May 2016	12	0	0
Jun 2016	3	0	1
Jul 2016	8	0	0
Aug 2016	9	0	0
Sep 2016	19	1	2
Oct 2016	14	0	1
Nov 2016	15	0	3
Dec 2016	6	0	1
Jan 2017	9	1	1
Feb 2017	10	0	0
Mar 2017	26	1	0
Apr 2017	15	1	2
May 2017	21	0	0
Jun 2017	12	1	1
Jul 2017	10	0	0
Aug 2017	12	0	0
Sep 2017	22	0	0
Oct 2017	40	5	2
Nov 2017	33	3	3
Dec 2017	10	0	0
Jan 2018	18	1	0
Feb 2018	41	4	0
Mar 2018	27	0	0
Apr 2018	21	1	1
May 2018	8	0	0
Jun 2018	28	2	1
Jul 2018	13	1	0
Aug 2018	25	0	0
Sep 2018	9	0	0
Oct 2018	10	2	1
Nov 2018	33	3	4
Dec 2018	17	2	2
Jan 2019	9	0	0
Feb 2019	11	0	3
Mar 2019	35	0	0
Apr 2019	6	0	0
May 2019	11	1	0
Jun 2019	2	0	0
Jul 2019	3	1	0
Aug 2019	5	1	2
Oct 2019	28	0	2
Nov 2019	39	6	1
Dec 2019	7	1	1
Jan 2020	29	1	0
Feb 2020	38	2	1
Mar 2020	20	0	0
Apr 2020	35	2	1
May 2020	35	0	2
Jun 2020	10	2	1
Jul 2020	18	0	0
Aug 2020	6	0	0
Sep 2020	26	0	0
Oct 2020	46	3	0
Nov 2020	41	1	2
Dec 2020	19	2	1
Jan 2021	45	0	0
Feb 2021	53	1	1
Mar 2021	52	4	0
Apr 2021	153	3	0
May 2021	46	1	0
Jul 2021	0	0	2
Oct 2021	24	0	0
Nov 2021	52	3	3
Dec 2021	68	2	0
Jan 2022	47	1	0
Feb 2022	24	4	1
Mar 2022	99	2	0
Apr 2022	200	6	1
May 2022	124	2	0
Jun 2022	68	0	0
Total	4306	516	426

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