Agriculture and dental caries? the case of rice in prehistoric southeast asia

World Archaeology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-83

  Tayles, N ^a   Domett, K ^a   Nelsen, K ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dental Caries; Prehistory; Rice; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002306980     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/004382400409899     Document Type: Article

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