Prevalence of suspected periodontal pathogens identified using ELISA in adolescents of differing ethnic origins

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-145

  Ellwood, Roger P ^a   Worthington, H V ^a   Cullinan, M P ^b   Hamlet, S ^b   Clerehugh, V ^c   Davies, R ^a  

^a Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Actinomycetemcomitans; Adolescents; Calculus; Ethnicity; P. Gingivalis p. Intermedia; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GINGIVA; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NEGRO; PAKISTAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GINGIVA; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOLAR; PAKISTAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 0031087705     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.1997.tb00482.x     Document Type: Article

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