Oral malodour (halitosis)

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7569, 2006, Pages 632-635

  Porter, S R ^a   Scully, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HALITOSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; XEROSTOMIA;

BREATH TESTS; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE;

EID: 33749037998     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38954.631968.AE     Document Type: Review

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