Dental status, quality of life, and mortality in an older community population: A multivariate approach

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1315-1323

  Appollonio, Ildebrando ^a,c   Carabellese, Corrado ^b   Frattola, Alessandra ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c Casa di Riposo Mons L Biraghi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030710103     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02930.x     Document Type: Article

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