Oral disease in terminally ill cancer patients with xerostomia

Oral Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Sweeney, M P ^a   Bagg, J ^b   Baxter, W P ^c   Aitchison, T C ^d  

^a Dykebar Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ACCORD Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hospice; Oral health; Palliative treatment; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDIASIS; CHEILITIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL DISEASE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0032033387     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(97)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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