Frequency and chronological distribution of linear enamel hypoplasia in a North American colonial skeletal sample

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-259

  Wood, Lynda ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior dentition; Biological stress; Dental defects; Historical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; CHRONOLOGY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCISOR; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK; OHIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029974729     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199606)100:2<247::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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