Periodontal disease among indigenous people in the Amazon rain forest

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 995-1003

  Ronderos, Mauricio ^a,b   Pihlstrom, Bruce L ^a   Hodges, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnic groups; Indians, South America; Natural history; Periodontal disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0035515473     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2001.281102.x     Document Type: Article

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