Oral and cardiovascular disease associations do not call for extraction of teeth

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-266

  Joshipura, Kaumudi J ^a   Douglass, Chester W ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0036930963     PISSN: 15323382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/med.2002.130203     Document Type: Article

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