Oral health and adverse pregnancy outcomes - What's next?

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-293

  Han, Y W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; infectious disease(s); inflammation; microbiology; periodontal disease(s) periodontitis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 79952067373     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034510381905     Document Type: Review

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