Oral hygiene reduces respiratory infections in elderly bed-bound nursing home patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Yoneyama, Takeyoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Kenji ^a   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^a   Ishida, Masahiko ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b   Sekizawa, Kiyohisa ^b   Yamaya, Mutsuo ^b   Sasaki, Hidetada ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Febrile days; Nursing home; Oral care; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030052183     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(95)00672-9     Document Type: Article

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