Is Asthma a Risk Factor for Dental Caries? Findings from a Cohort Study

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-239

  Meldrum, A M ^a   Thomson, W M ^a   Drummond, B K ^a   Sears, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma pharmacotherapy; Caries risk; Cohort study; Dental caries

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW ZEALAND; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035403057     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047463     Document Type: Article

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