Dental size and morphology of precontact Marshall Islanders (Micronesia) compared with other Pacific Islanders

Anthropological Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-282

  Swindler, Daris R ^a,b   Weisler, Marshall I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Odontometrics; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214722     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.108.261     Document Type: Article

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