The mediating roles of the oral microbiome in saliva and subgingival sites between e-cigarette smoking and gingival inflammation
Abstract Background Electronic cigarettes (ECs) have been widely used by young individuals in the U.S. while being considered less harmful than conventional tobacco cigarettes. However, ECs have increasingly been regarded as a health risk, producing detrimental chemicals that may cause, combined wit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-02-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02779-z |