Birth Order, Sibship Size, and Housing Density in Relation to Tooth Loss and Periodontal Disease: A Cohort Study among Swedish Twins

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-506

  Mucci, Lorelei A ^a,b,c   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^a,b   Williams, Paige L ^a   Dickman, Paul W ^b   Björkman, Lars ^d   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Communicable diseases; Family characteristics; Oral health; Periodontal diseases; Siblings; Tooth loss; Twins

Indexed keywords

SIBLING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; TOOTH LOSS; TWINS;

EID: 1442324836     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh063     Document Type: Article

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