Oral colonization by anaerobic bacteria during childhood: Role in health and disease

Oral Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 278-285

  Könönen, Eija ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Children; Oral cavity; Review

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0344718614     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1999.tb00090.x     Document Type: Review

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