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Sex Differences in Frailty in Milan Over the Last 2000 Years: A Hazards-Based and Cumulative Phenotype Approach.
American journal of biological anthropology - 1 Aug 2025
Biehler-Gomez Lucie, Marklein Kathryn E, Yaussy Samantha L, Crews Douglas E, DeWitte Sharon N, Cattaneo Cristina
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OBJECTIVES: Frailty in bioarchaeology has garnered increasing interest in recent decades, particularly for analyzing and comparing past health across different groups and populations. A hazards-based cumulative phenotype approach was applied to 492 adult males and females from five consecutive historical periods in the city of Milan: Roman (2nd-5th century CE), Early Middle Ages (6th-10th century CE), Late Middle...
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