Sex differences in dental caries experience: Clinical evidence, complex etiology

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Lukacs, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries experience; Gender; Genome wide scans; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CULTURE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79956018105     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-010-0445-3     Document Type: Article

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