Oral ecology and person-to-person transmission of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-81

  Asikainen, Sirkka ^a   Chen, Casey ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REVIEW;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MOUTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033145265     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.1999.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

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