Study protocol: Dental and periodontal characteristics of older adults in Atahualpa, Ecuador within the Atahualpa Project cohort

• Marcelo Armijos Briones ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fernandoarmijos@uees.edu.ec

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-4768

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• Patricia Estefanía Ayala Aguirre,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Pablo Lenin Benitez Sellan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Antonio Lanata-Flores,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Oscar Marcillo-Toala,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Denisse A. Rumbea,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Robertino M. Mera,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics/Epidemiology, Freenome, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Oscar H. Del Brutto

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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