Prediction of periodontal disease from multiple self-reported items in a German practice-based sample

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 78, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 1421-1428

  Dietrich, Thomas ^a,b   Stosch, U ^b,c   Dietrich, D ^d   Kaiser, W ^d   Bernimoulin, J P ^b   Joshipura, K ^e,f,g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d University of Puerto Rico ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Periodontitis; Sensitivity and specificity; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547479313     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2007.060212     Document Type: Article

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