Tooth size of the medieval period people of Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-126

  Nagaoka, Tomohito ^a   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Kamakura; Medieval; Multivariate analysis; Tooth size

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747198737     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.041111     Document Type: Article

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