Does the mouth put the heart at risk?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-113

  Slavkin, Harold C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DENTAL PLAQUE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032608346     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0038     Document Type: Article

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