Periodontal disease and risk of head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

<h4>Background</h4>Many epidemiological studies have found a positive association of periodontal disease (PD) with risk of head and neck cancer (HNC), but the findings are varied or even contradictory. In this work, we performed a meta-analysis to ascertain the relationship between PD an...

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Main Authors: Xian-Tao Zeng, Ai-Ping Deng, Cheng Li, Ling-Yun Xia, Yu-Ming Niu, Wei-Dong Leng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24194957/?tool=EBI