Caries frequency and distribution in an early medieval Avar population from Austria

Oral Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-116

  Meinl, A ^a,b   Rottensteiner, G M ^a   Huber, C D ^a,b   Tangl, S ^a,b   Watzak, G ^a   Watzek, G ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Austria; Avars; Caries; Medieval; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGES; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

AUSTRIA; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS;

EID: 73649138209     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2009.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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