>From:    Ward Nicholson <[log in to unmask]>
>Would it be too much to ask of you, when you have time, to post references
>for the studies or reviews of evidence of the Eskimo population ...

This, Ward, is from an old unpublished report of mine:

In archaeologically derived Eskimo skeletons, a high incidence of spinal
compression fractures and thin bone cortices have been noted, possibly most
pronounced in Northern Eskimos (Inupiaq) [49-50]. Forearm bone loss with
ageing in contemporary Eskimos is significantly greater and occurs earlier
than in Whites [51-54].

49. Merbs CF. Patterns of activity-induced pathology in a Canadian Eskimo
isolate. PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969.
50. Thompson DD, Gunness-Hey M. Bone mineral-osteon analysis of
Yupik-Inupiaq skeletons. Am J Phys Anthropol1981; 55: 1-7.
51. Harper AB, Laughlin WS, Mazess RB. Bone mineral content in St Lawrence
Island Eskimos. Human Biology 1984; 56: 63-77.
52. Mazess RB, Mather WE. Bone mineral content in Camadian Eskimos. Human
Biology 1975; 47: 45-63.
53. Mazess RB, Mather WE. Bone mineral content of North Alaskan Eskimos. Am
J Clin Nutr 1974; 27: 916-925.
54. Mazess RB. Bone mineral content in Wainwright Eskimos: preliminary
report. Arctic Anthropol 1970; 7: 114-117.

Regards

Staffan

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