Assessing the Relationship between Dental Disease and Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly U.S. Veterans

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-311

  Loesche, Walter J ^a   Schork, Anthony ^a   Terpenning, Margaret S ^b,c   Chen, Yin Miao ^a   Dominguez, Liza ^b   Grossman, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; N BENZOYLARGININE 2 NAPHTHYLAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE; VETERAN; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; BENZOYLARGININE-2-NAPHTHYLAMIDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH LOSS; VETERANS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0032013460     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0204     Document Type: Article

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