Prevalence of dental caries and tooth wear in a Neolithic population (6700-5600 years BP) from northern China

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1424-1435

  Meng, Yong ^a   Zhang, Hu Qin ^b   Pan, Feng ^a   He, Zhou De ^c   Shao, Jin Ling ^a   Ding, Yin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Banpo Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeology; China; Dental caries; Dental wear; Epidemiology; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; HISTORY; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOOTH DISEASE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 80054993314     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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