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Chairside quantitative immunochromatographic evaluation of salivary cotinine and its correlation with chronic periodontitis

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is an established and modifiable risk factor for periodontitis. Periodontitis appears to be dose-dependent on smoking. The purpose of this study was to assess a reliable marker of tobacco smoke exposure (salivary cotinine) chairside and to confirm the quantitative assoc...

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Autores principales: Surya, Chamarthi, Swamy, Devulapally Narasimha, Chakrapani, Swarna, Kumar, Surapaneni Sunil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23492903
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.106888