Dental fillings in civil war skulls: What do they tell us?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1671-1677

  Glenner, Richard A ^b   Willey, P ^b   Sledzik, Paul S ^b   Junger, Erich P ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; LEAD; THORIUM; TIN;

ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; HISTORY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LEAD; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; THORIUM; TIN; WAR;

EID: 0030277111     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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