A semi-quantitative method to assess oral infections with Streptococci mutans in preschool Chilean children;Streptococci mutans: Método semi-cuantitativo para establecer el rango de riesgo de infección bucal en niños preescolares chilenos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 412-418

  Linossier C, Alfredo ^a   Vargas D, Alex ^a   Zillmann G, Gisela ^a   Arriagada R, Moisés ^a   Rojas A, Robinson ^a   Villegas R, Rodrigo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dental caries; Oral hygiene index; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL CARIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0042233731     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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