Oral melanin pigmentation related to smoking in a Turkish population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 272-277

  Ünsal, Elif ^a   Paksoy, Candan ^a   Soykan, Emel ^a   Elhan, Atilla Halil ^a   Şahin, Meltem ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology oral; Melanin pigmentation; Periodontal disease; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 0035432489     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290406.x     Document Type: Article

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