Aspects of health in prehistoric mainland Southeast Asia: Indicators of stress in response to the intensification of rice agriculture

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 484-495

  Clark, Angela L ^a   Tayles, Nancy ^a   Halcrow, Siân E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ban Non Wat; bioarcheology; enamel defects; odds ratios; stature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DIET; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; RISK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DIET; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORYZA SATIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893977147     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22449     Document Type: Article

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