Prevalence of Subjective Feelings of Dry Mouth in the Elderly

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 20-25

  Narhi T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Perceptions; Salivation

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; MOUTH DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVATION; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUTEROL; BECLOMETHASONE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; MOUTH DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVATION; SECRETORY RATE; SEX FACTORS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THEOPHYLLINE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0028138099     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345940730010301     Document Type: Article

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