Contribution of periodontal therapy on individual cardiovascular risk assessment [1]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1920-1921

  D'Aiuto, Francesco ^a   Tonetti, Maurizio S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25144521674     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.16.1920     Document Type: Letter

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