Epidemiological and biochemical studies of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis and noma (cancrum oris) in Nigerian children

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1972, Pages

  Enwonwu, C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; HEALTH; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; NIGERIA; PERIODONTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMATITIS; TOOTH CALCULUS; VINCENT STOMATITIS;

AGE FACTORS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CALCULUS; FOLIC ACID; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; NIGERIA; NOMA; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0015399789     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(72)90169-0     Document Type: Article

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