Patterns of dental enamel defects at ancient Mendes, Egypt

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-80

  Lovell, Nancy C ^a   Whyte, Ira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental pathology; Enamel hypoplasia; Malnutrition; Systemic stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; EGYPT; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALNUTRITION; MINERALIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

EID: 0032845040     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199909)110:1<69::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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