Influence of the antioxidant content of saliva on dental caries in an at-risk community

British Dental Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Uberos, J ^a,d   Alarcon J A ^b   Penalver M A ^b   Molina Carballo, A ^a   Ruiz, M ^b   Gonzalez E ^b   Castejon, J ^c   Munoz Hoyos A ^a  

^a Hospital Clínico San Cecilio

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^d c/o Málaga 1 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 48749115235     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.520     Document Type: Article

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