Periodontitis and cardiovascular disease: A review of shared risk factors and new findings supporting a causality hypothesis

Quintessence International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Al Zahrani, Mohammad S ^a   Kayal, Rayyan A ^b   Bissada, Nabil F ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Periodontitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29244489784     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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