Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 417-433 , April 2008

Associations between periodontal diseases and systemic diseases: A review of the inter-relationships and interactions with diabetes, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis

Received 24 May 2006 ,Revised 30 May 2007 ,Accepted 12 July 2007.

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