The significance of the mouth in old age

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1449-1458

  Macentee, Michael I ^a   Hole, Rachelle ^a   Stolar, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentistry; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030873902     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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