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Periodontal Disease and Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

BACKGROUND: Many epidemiological studies have found a positive association between periodontal disease (PD) and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but this association is varied and even contradictory among studies. We performed a meta-analysis to ascertain the relationship betwee...

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Autores principales: Zeng, Xian-Tao, Tu, Ming-Li, Liu, Dong-Yan, Zheng, Dong, Zhang, Jing, Leng, WeiDong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23094025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046508