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2022

Sweet treat consumption in school-aged children. Relationships to excess weight, dental caries and saliva microbiota. 
Lommi S. University of Helsinki, 2022.

Mutual Risk Factors for Pediatric Autoimmune Diseases in Different Stages of Childhood. A register-based longitudinal study using the Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) cohort.
Räisänen L. University of Tampere, 2022.

2020

Eating habits, body mass and saliva microbiota in Finnish adolescents. 
Viljakainen-Diop J. University of Helsinki, 2020.

Salivary microbiota – how to measure it and its associations with body size and antimicrobial use. 
Raju S. University of Helsinki, 2019.

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