Alternative dental measurements: Proposals and relationships with other measurements

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-426

  Hillson, Simon ^a   FitzGerald, Charles ^a   Flinn, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical diameters; Crown diameters; Dental measurements

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DENTITION; FOSSIL; INCISOR; MEASUREMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH SIZE;

FOSSILS; HUMANS; ODONTOMETRY; PALEODONTOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOOTH;

EID: 15244361522     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10430     Document Type: Article

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