Urease activity as a risk factor for caries development in children during a three-year study period: A survival analysis approach

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1560-1568

  Morou Bermudez, E ^a   Elias Boneta, A ^a   Billings, R J ^b   Burne, R A ^c   Garcia Rivas, V ^a   Brignoni Nazario, V ^a   Suarez Perez E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caries risk factors; Children; Urease

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CARBOHYDRATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UREASE;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 81855176109     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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