From the mouths of babes: Dental caries in infants and children and the intensification of agriculture in mainland Southeast Asia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-420

  Halcrow, S E ^a   Harris, N J ^a   Tayles, N ^a   Ikehara Quebral, R ^b   Pietrusewsky, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b International Archaeological Research Institute Incorporated   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural intensification; caries; rice; Southeast Asia; weaning diet

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON AGE; NEOLITHIC; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CEMETERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DIET, CARIOGENIC; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PALEODONTOLOGY;

EID: 84874422498     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22215     Document Type: Article

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