Periodontal infection as a possible risk factor for preterm low birth weight

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 67, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1103-1113

  Offenbacher, Steven ^a   Katz, Vern ^b   Fertik, Gregory ^a   Collins, John ^a   Boyd, Doryck ^a,c   Maynor, Gayle ^a   McKaig, Rosemary ^a   Beck, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b School of Medicine

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant, low birth weight; Infant, premature; Periodontal diseases adverse effects; Pregnancy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PARITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030256677     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1996.67.10.1103     Document Type: Article

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