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Oral carriage of enterobacteriaceae among school children with chronic nail-biting habit
CONTEXT: Onychophagia or habitual nail-biting is widespread among children and adolescents, between 10 and 18 years. Prevalence estimates range from 30% during childhood to 45% in adolescence. Nail-biting habit can result in autoinoculation of pathogens and transmission of infection between body par...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250072 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.119743 |