Periodontopathic bacteria in young healthy subjects of different ethnic backgrounds in Los Angeles

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-288

  Sirinian, Garo ^a   Shimizu, Tota ^a   Sugar, Catherine ^a   Slots, Jørgen ^a   Chen, Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental plaque microbiology; Ethnic groups; Periodontitis microbiology; Risk factors; Saliva microbiology; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0036199045     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.3.283     Document Type: Article

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