Gender difference in unstimulated whole saliva flow rate and salivary gland sizes

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1055-1060

  Inoue, H ^a   Ono, K ^a   Masuda, W ^a   Morimoto, Y ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Yokota, M ^a   Inenaga, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Salivary gland size; Unstimulated whole saliva flow rate

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAROTID GLAND; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 33750832927     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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