Are hill's criteria for causality satisfied for vitamin D and periodontal disease?

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Grant, William B ^a   Boucher, Barbara J ^c  

^a

^b United States

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradford Hill; Causality; Criteria; Peridontal disease; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; AMYLOID; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CATHELICIDIN; DEFENSIN; GELATINASE B; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; STROMELYSIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALVEOLAR BONE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GINGIVITIS; GLYCATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 77956328840     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.2.1.12488     Document Type: Review

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