Oral Streptococcus species in pre-term and full-term children - A longitudinal study

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-411

  Kim Seow, W ^a   Lam, Janice H C ^b   Tsang, Annetta K L ^a   Holcombe, Trevor ^c   Bird, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 70349907951     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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