TY  - JOUR
AU  - Đurić, Marija
AU  - Janović, Aleksa
AU  - Milovanović, Petar
AU  - Đukić, Ksenija
AU  - Milenković, Petar
AU  - Drašković, Marko
AU  - Roksandić, Mirjana
PY  - 2010
UR  - https://smile.stomf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3303
AB  - Although pattern of health in adults has been frequently assessed in past human populations, health status of adolescents as a distinct life stage has usually been overlooked. Inconsistency in number and meaning of recognised age categories in anthropological literature, as well as chronological age ranges used to define them, further complicate the interpretation of adolescent health. In this study, we analysed signs of pathological conditions on skeletal remains of 81 adolescents from a medieval site of Stara Torina (northern Serbia). Diagnostic palaeopathological procedures comprised gross examination, digital radiography, and histological analysis.

Skeletal signs of anaemia such as cribra orbitalia and other porotic phenomena as well as signs of non-specific bone infection were observed frequently, while evidence of bone trauma was recorded in a very low percentage of individuals. In addition, we recorded two conditions relatively rarely observed in palaeopathological contexts: a case of skull and vertebral asymmetry indicative of congenital muscular torticollis, and a case of a fibrous cortical defect on distal femur. Comparison with available information from other medieval adolescent samples from Serbia demonstrated that while mortality was relatively constant throughout the sample, Stara Torina showed a much higher occurrence of bone disease. Characteristics of observed skeletal conditions, supported by available historical reports, suggest that the health of medieval adolescents in the examined population was most significantly affected by infectious processes.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology
T1  - Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma
VL  - 61
IS  - 2
SP  - 130
EP  - 149
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Đurić, Marija and Janović, Aleksa and Milovanović, Petar and Đukić, Ksenija and Milenković, Petar and Drašković, Marko and Roksandić, Mirjana",
year = "2010",
abstract = "Although pattern of health in adults has been frequently assessed in past human populations, health status of adolescents as a distinct life stage has usually been overlooked. Inconsistency in number and meaning of recognised age categories in anthropological literature, as well as chronological age ranges used to define them, further complicate the interpretation of adolescent health. In this study, we analysed signs of pathological conditions on skeletal remains of 81 adolescents from a medieval site of Stara Torina (northern Serbia). Diagnostic palaeopathological procedures comprised gross examination, digital radiography, and histological analysis.

Skeletal signs of anaemia such as cribra orbitalia and other porotic phenomena as well as signs of non-specific bone infection were observed frequently, while evidence of bone trauma was recorded in a very low percentage of individuals. In addition, we recorded two conditions relatively rarely observed in palaeopathological contexts: a case of skull and vertebral asymmetry indicative of congenital muscular torticollis, and a case of a fibrous cortical defect on distal femur. Comparison with available information from other medieval adolescent samples from Serbia demonstrated that while mortality was relatively constant throughout the sample, Stara Torina showed a much higher occurrence of bone disease. Characteristics of observed skeletal conditions, supported by available historical reports, suggest that the health of medieval adolescents in the examined population was most significantly affected by infectious processes.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology",
title = "Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma",
volume = "61",
number = "2",
pages = "130-149",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003"
}

Đurić, M., Janović, A., Milovanović, P., Đukić, K., Milenković, P., Drašković, M.,& Roksandić, M.. (2010). Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma. in HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology
Elsevier., 61(2), 130-149.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003

Đurić M, Janović A, Milovanović P, Đukić K, Milenković P, Drašković M, Roksandić M. Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma. in HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology. 2010;61(2):130-149.
doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003 .

Đurić, Marija, Janović, Aleksa, Milovanović, Petar, Đukić, Ksenija, Milenković, Petar, Drašković, Marko, Roksandić, Mirjana, "Adolescent health in medieval Serbia: signs of infectious diseases and risk of trauma" in HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 61, no. 2 (2010):130-149,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.02.003 . .