Periodontal disease among adult, new-immigrant, Chinese Americans in Boston with and without diabetes - A brief communication

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-173

  Leong, Peggy ^a   Tumanyan, Sona ^b   Blicher, Brooke ^a   Yeung, Albert ^c   Joshipura, Kaumudi ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston; Chinese American; Diabetes; Oral disease

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BOSTON; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547894229     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00042.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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