Dental diseases of human skeletal remains from the early-modern period of Kumejima Island, Okinawa, Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Irei, Kiwamu ^a   Doi, Naomi ^a   Fukumine, Tadahiko ^a   Nishime, Akira ^b   Hanihara, Tsunehiko ^c   Yoneda, Minoru ^d   Ishida, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antemortem tooth loss; Dental caries; Dental pathology; Linear enamel hypoplasia; Ryukyu Islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949083424     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.070727     Document Type: Article

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