A comparison of DALYs for periodontal disease in China between 1990 and 2013: insights from the 2013 global burden of disease study

Abstract Background China has undergone a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition with fast ecomonic development since the 1980s. Oral health is becoming a major public health problem as the prevalence of non-communicable diseases has greatly increased. Periodontal disease (PD) and caries a...

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Main Authors: Qi Zhang, Zhixin Li, Chunxiao Wang, Yunning Liu, Yang Yang, Scottie Bussell, Maigeng Zhou, Linhong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12903-017-0356-7