Can dental caries be interpreted as evidence of farming? the Asian experience

Frontiers of Oral Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2009, Pages 162-166

  Tayles, N ^a   Domett, K ^b   Halcrow, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ASIAN; CARIOGENIC DIET; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARIES; HISTORY; HUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; RICE;

AGRICULTURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 77649205130     PISSN: 14202433     EISSN: 16623770     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000242411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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