Xerostomia and associated factors in a community-dwelling adult population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 312-316

  Billings, R J ^a   Proskin, H M ^a   Moss, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Saliva; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; RISK; SALIVA; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0030256424     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00868.x     Document Type: Article

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