Permanent Tooth Emergence among Zambian Schoolchildren: A Standard for the Assignment of Ages

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Gillett, Rhonda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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EID: 0007819781     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1998)10:1<45::AID-AJHB6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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