The usefulness of caries frequency, depth, and location in determining cariogenicity and past subsistence: A test on early and later agriculturalists from the peruvian coast

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-91

  Lanfranco, Luis Pezo ^a   Eggers, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caries depth; Caries frequency; Caries locations; Subsistence patterns

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERU; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PERU; PLANTS; TOOTH; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 77956127707     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21296     Document Type: Article

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