The relationship between immigration and the prevalence of dental caries in the Yayoi people

Anthropological Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-292

  Todaka, Yoshiaki ^a   Oyamada, Joichi ^a   Manabe, Yoshitaka ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Kato, Katsutomo ^a   Rokutanda, Atsushi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caries; Dental attrition; Immigrant; Subsistence; Yayoi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; JAPAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SKELETON;

EID: 0141605958     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.111.265     Document Type: Article

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