The dental pathology of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Abbott, C ^a   Verstraete, F J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pathology; Mirounga angustirostris; Northern elephant seal; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; JUVENILE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIROUNGA; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTIUM; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SEAL; SEX RATIO; SKULL; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH SOCKET; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; SEALS, EARLESS; SKULL; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 14544304501     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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