Simplified sampling methods for estimating levels of lactobacilli in saliva in dental clinical practice

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 181-184

  Gabre, Pia ^a   Martinsson, Thore ^b   Gahnberg, Lars ^b  

^a Samariterhemmet Hospital Dental Clinic   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cooperative behavior; Dip slide; Methodology; Saliva microbiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTOBACILLUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033176762     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163599428742     Document Type: Article

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