Childhood Oral Infections and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adulthood: Should We Wait for Causality or Just Treat?

Anwar T Merchant^{1

2}, Salim S Virani^{3

4}

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¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
² William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina.
³ Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Anwar T Merchant et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2019.

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. 2019 Apr 5;2(4):e192489.

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2489.

Anwar T Merchant^{1

2}, Salim S Virani^{3

4}

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
² William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina.
³ Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Association of Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Smoking Cessation With Preterm Birth.
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