A 4-year longitudinal study of the oral prevalence of enteric gram-negative rods and yeasts in Chinese children

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-188

  Sedgley, C M ^a,c   Samaranayake, L P ^a   Chan, J C Y ^b   Wei, S H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Enteric gram negative rod; Longitudinal; Oral prevalence; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031171634     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00377.x     Document Type: Article

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