Oral health status of southern Chinese following head and neck irradiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-28

  Schwarz, Eli ^a,b   Chiu, Gordon K C ^a   Leung, W Keung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Intl Assoc for Dental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; CPITN; Dental caries; Irradiation therapy; Microbiology; Mucositis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Oral hygiene; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NECK; SKULL IRRADIATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; SURVIVORS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0032622368     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(98)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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