Test of histological methods of determining chronology of accentuated striae in deciduous teeth

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-290

  FitzGerald, Charles M ^a,b   Saunders, Shelley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accentuated striae; Chronology; Deciduous teeth; Microstructural growth markers; Wilson bands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; ENAMEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURAL GROWTH MARKER; TOOTH CROWN; WILSON BAND;

AGE FACTORS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ITALY; PALEODONTOLOGY; STRESS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 20444382370     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10442     Document Type: Article

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