Time to take periodontitis seriously

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chapple, Iain L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BACTEREMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 84898617959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2645     Document Type: Editorial

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