The prevalence and relationship between periodontal disease and pre-term low birth weight infants at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 040-056

  Mokeem, Sameer Abdullah ^a   Molla, Ghadeer Nabeel ^a   Al Jewair, Thikriat Saleh ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Periodontal disease; Pre term low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERIODONTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 3042664541     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-5-2-40     Document Type: Article

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