Medical and functional status changes among nursing facility residents: Implications for dentistry

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-25

  Kambhu, Peter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0029677755     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1996.tb01538.x     Document Type: Article

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