Prevalence and risk indicators of oral mucosal lesions in an urban population from South Brazil

Oral Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-179

  Carrard, V C ^a   Haas, A N ^a   Rados, P V ^a   Filho, M S ^a   Oppermann, R V ^a   Albandar, J M ^b   Susin, C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Oral lesions; Oral leukoplakia; Oral lichen planus; Oral mucosa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEUKOPLAKIA; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTIC DEVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; THRUSH; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAZIL; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951559631     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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