Does dental disease hurt your heart?

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Gordon, Sara C ^a,b   Barasch, Andrei ^c   Foong, W Choong ^a   ElGeneidy, Ahmed K ^a   Safford, Monika M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b St John Clinical Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease epidemiology; Focal infection, dental complications; Periodontitis epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CYTOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PERIODONTITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOOTH INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYTOKINES; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 27944472686     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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