Enamel hypoplasia in deciduous teeth of great apes: Do differences in defect prevalence imply differential levels of physiological stress?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-363

  Lukacs, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous teeth; Enamel defect; Enamel hypoplasia; Great apes; Hominoids; Localized hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; INCIDENCE; MALE; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0032743257     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199911)110:3<351::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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