Invisible impacts but long-term consequences: Hypoplasia and contact in Central Australia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-304

  Littleton, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Australian Aboriginal people; Contact; Dental enamel defects; Hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PALEODONTOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 13544259654     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20054     Document Type: Article

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