Dental emergence among urban Zambian school children: An assessment of the accuracy of three methods in assigning ages

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-454

  Gillett, Rhonda M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Africa; permanent teeth; Tonga; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0030993794     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199704)102:4<447::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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