Ecology of oral health: A complexity perspective

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Eriksen, Harald M ^a   Dimitrov, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Oral ecology; Oral health

Indexed keywords

CARIES PREVENTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL HEALTH; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; MOUTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH;

EID: 0141497184     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2003.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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