Dental caries in a Portuguese identified skeletal sample from the late 19th and early 20th centuries

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-79

  Wasterlain, Sofia N ^a   Hillson, Simon ^b   Cunha, Eugénia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antemortem tooth loss; Coimbra; Diet; Epidemiology; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INFORMATION CENTER; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORTUGAL; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 68949103765     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21036     Document Type: Article

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