Mercury exposure and periodontitis among a korean population: The Shiwha-Banwol environmental health study

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1928-1936

  Han, Dong Hun ^a   Lim, Sin Ye ^b   Sun, Bo Cheng ^c   Janket, Sok Ja ^d   Kim, Jin Bom ^a   Paik, Dai Il ^c   Paek, Domyung ^b   Kim, Hyun Duck ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mercury; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; KOREA; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749103459     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.090293     Document Type: Article

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