WOMEN'S ORAL HEALTH

妇女健康已成为美国国立卫生研究院研究的一个主要优先事项。 分支 工作人员与其他NIH科学家一起参与了临床研究， 妇女健康试验和社区示范研究议程。 已经进行了广泛的文献综述，以评估相互作用 口腔健康与全身健康的关系， 在这些更大的研究计划的背景下。 项目 从这些努力中发展出来，现在有了独立的项目 描述：（1）评价口服生物标志物用于全身性 使用唾液作为生物化学物质的基质的疾病和病症 女性健康试验中女性脂肪摄入量的验证 少数民族可行性研究;（2）口腔硬组织调查 与骨骼骨矿物质密度测量有关的状况， 骨质疏松症的一个子样本的妇女参加了观察 在指定的骨密度下， 中心;（3）女性艾滋病病毒感染的口腔表现。

Women's health has become a major priority for research at NIH. Branch staff have participated with other NIH scientists in developing clinical trial and community demonstration research agendas for women's health. Extensive literature reviews have been conducted to assess the interaction of oral health with systemic health and to determine how oral health fits within the contexts of these larger research initiatives. Projects have been developed from these efforts and now have independent project descriptions: (1) evaluating the utility of oral biomarkers for systemic diseases and conditions using saliva as a matrix for the biochemical validation of fat intake among women enrolled in the Women's Health Trial Minority Feasibility Study; (2) an investigation of oral hard tissue status in relation to skeletal bone mineral density measures and osteoporosis on a subsample of women enrolled in the observational component of the Women's Health Initiative at a designated bone density center; and (3) the oral manifestations of HIV infection in women.