The association of tooth lead content with dental health factors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-191

  Gil, F ^a   Facio, A ^b   Villanueva, E ^a   Perez M L ^a   Tojo, R ^b   Gil, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

caries; dental abrasion; dental plaque; lead; mutans streptococci; saliva pH; salivalis lactobacilli; tooth colour; toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ABRASION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COLOR; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTHBRUSHING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0030566875     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05313-2     Document Type: Article

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