Editorial: Dental caries vaccines: Prospects and concerns

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Smith, Daniel J ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DENTAL CARIES VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; FLUORIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 74349125042     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erv.09.143     Document Type: Editorial

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