Gargling for oral hygiene and the development of fever in childhood: A population study in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-49

  Noda, Tatsuya ^a   Ojima, Toshiyuki ^a   Hayasaka, Shinya ^a   Murata, Chiyoe ^a   Hagihara, Akihito ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child health; Fever onset; Gargling; Green tea; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

MOUTHWASH;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HYGIENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84855549400     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100181     Document Type: Article

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