Iron deficiency and smoking - Comparative criteria for buccal mucosa keratinization in menstruating and postmenopausal women

Artvinli L.

ACTA CYTOLOGICA, vol.46, no.4, pp.664-666, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000326972
  • Journal Name: ACTA CYTOLOGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.664-666
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare the degree of keratinization of buccal mucosa between nonsmoking menstruating and postmenopausal women without oral complaints whose iron status was established.