Atherosclerosis in 16th-Century Greenlandic Inuit Mummies

JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Dec 2;2(12):e1918270. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.18270.

Abstract

This case series examines 4 Greenlandic Inuit mummies from approximately the 16th century for evidence of atherosclerosis.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Atherosclerosis / ethnology
  • Atherosclerosis / history*
  • Female
  • Greenland
  • History, 16th Century
  • Humans
  • Inuit / history*
  • Mummies / pathology*
  • Vascular Calcification / ethnology
  • Vascular Calcification / history*