Historical and geographical parallelism between the incidence of dental caries, Streptococcus mutans and sugar intake

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 709-710

  Raoult, Didier ^a,b   Foti, Bruno ^c   Aboudharam, Gérard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Dental caries; Paleomicrobiology; Streptococcus mutans; Sugar

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; DENTAL CARIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LETTER; MESOLITHIC; MIDDLE AGES; MORBIDITY; NEOLITHIC; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SKELETON; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIET; ENGLAND; FRANCE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84884310110     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9826-7     Document Type: Letter

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