Association between smoking, betel chewing and gingival bleeding in rural Sri Lanka

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 403-408

  Amarasena, Najith ^a   Ekanayaka, Asoka N I ^b   Herath, Lilani ^b   Miyazaki, Hideo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Betel chewing; Gingival bleeding; Gingivitis; Oral hygiene; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SRI LANKA; TOOTH PLAQUE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARECA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042423417     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2003.20010.x     Document Type: Article

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