Association of caries and tobacco risk with dental fitness classification

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-419

  Byrappagari, Divesh ^a   Mascarenhas, Ana Karina ^a   Chaffin, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Dental Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; TOOTH;

EID: 33646556996     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.5.415     Document Type: Article

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