Brief communication: First evidence of LSAMAT in non-native Americans: Historic Senegalese from west Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-146

  Irish, Joel D ^a,c   Turner II, Christy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

dental anthropology; dental caries; dental wear; manioc; Senegal; sugar cane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SENEGAL; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENEGAL; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 0031028735     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199701)102:1<141::AID-AJPA12>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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