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Genetic and environmental factors associated with dental caries in children: the Iowa Fluoride Study.
Caries research - 1 Jan 2012
Wang X, Willing M C, Marazita M L, Wendell S, Warren J J, Broffitt B, Smith B, Busch T, Lidral A C, Levy S M
Abstract excerpt
Dental caries remains the most common chronic childhood disease. Despite strong evidence of genetic components, there have been few studies of candidate genes and caries. In this analysis we tried to assess genetic and environmental factors contributing to childhood caries in the Iowa Fluoride Study. Environmental factors (age, sex, race, tooth-brushing frequencies and water fluoride level) and three dental...
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