The Fidelity of Mutans Streptococci Transmission and Caries Status Correlate with Breast-Feeding Experience among Chinese Families

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-132

  Li, Yihong ^a   Wang, W ^b   Caufield, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Chinese children; Dental caries; DNA fingerprint; Mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DMF INDEX; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034151955     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016579     Document Type: Article

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