Variability in dental caries prevalence between male and female foragers from the Late/Final Jomon period: Implications for dietary behavior and reproductive ecology

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-117

  Temple, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH;

DENTAL CARIES; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PALEODONTOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH;

EID: 78650147243     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21113     Document Type: Article

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