Dental health in Iron Age Cambodia: Temporal variations with rice agriculture

International Journal of Paleopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Newton, J S ^a   Domett, K M ^a   O'Reilly, D J W ^b   Shewan, L ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angkor; Caries; Dentition; Iron Age; Rice agriculture; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877619742     PISSN: 18799817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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