Dental enamel as a dietary indicator in mammals

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Lucas, Peter ^a   Constantino, Paul ^a   Wood, Bernard ^a   Lawn, Brian ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIN; DIET; ENAMEL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEED; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH FRACTURE;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOOTH;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 41649113912     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20729     Document Type: Review

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