Mode of delivery and other maternal factors influence the acquisition of Streptococcus mutans in infants

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 806-811

  Li, Y ^a   Caufield, P W ^a   Dasanayake, A P ^a   Wiener, H W ^b   Vermund, S H ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Caesarean; Dental caries; Perinatal factors; S. mutans

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CESAREAN SECTION; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOUTH; PREGNANCY; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 27244443940     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910508400905     Document Type: Article

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