Oral malodor in children and volatile sulfur compound-producing bacteria in saliva: Preliminary microbiological investigation

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 320-324

  Paryavi Gholami, Fariba ^b   Minah, Glenn E ^a   Turng, Been Foo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; SALIVA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033191469     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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