Smoking and tooth discolouration: Findings from a national cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Alkhatib, Mhd N ^a,b   Holt, Ruth D ^b   Bedi, Raman ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOOTH COLOR; UNITED KINGDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTISTRY; ESTHETICS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTRY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 19444373257     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-27     Document Type: Review

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