Salivary Cortisol as a Biomarker to Explore the Role of Maternal Stress in Early Childhood Caries

Objective. To compare salivary cortisol levels of children with ECC and their mothers with those of caries free children from a similar sociodemographic cohort. Design. Sixty-four college-educated, working mothers from middle income families with no history of anxiety disorders and their first born...

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Main Authors: Sharat Chandra Pani, Deena Abuthuraya, Hadia M. AlShammery, Dalal AlShammery, Hind AlShehri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Dentistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/565102
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