Low AMTL ratios in medieval Japanese dentition excavated from the Yuigahama-minami site in Kamakura

Anthropological Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-53

  Oyamada, Joichi ^a   Igawa, Kazunari ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Manabe, Yoshitaka ^a   Kato, Katsutomo ^a   Matsushita, Takayuki ^b   Rokutanda, Atsushi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Doigahama Anthropological Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ante mortem tooth loss; Dental caries; Dental health; Kamakura; Medieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147116688     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.060426     Document Type: Article

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