Prevalence and distribution of oral lesions: A cross-sectional study in Turkey

Oral Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Mumcu, Gonca ^a,b   Cimilli, H ^a   Sur, H ^a   Hayran, O ^a   Atalay, T ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Elderly; Oral lesions; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOGLOSSIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC TONGUE PAPILLA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTURE; DENTURE HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PALATINE TORUS; PETECHIA; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STOMATITIS; TONGUE DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMATITIS, DENTURE; TONGUE, FISSURED; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 15944409248     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2004.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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