Pre-term delivery and periodontal disease: A case-control study from Croatia

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 710-716

  Bošnjak, Andrija ^a   Relja, Tomislav ^b   Vučićević Boras, Vanja ^a,c   Plasaj, Hrvoje ^d   Plančak, Darije ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Solvay Pharmaceutical   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d VIK Dental Ltd   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Periodontitis; Pre term birth; Pregnancy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROATIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROATIA; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33748310736     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2006.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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