Relationship among stimulated whole, glandular salivary flow rates, and root caries prevalence in an elderly population: A preliminary study

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 156-163

  Younger, Hope ^a  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALIVATION; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; UNITED STATES; XEROSTOMIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PREVALENCE; ROOT CARIES; SALIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0032107413     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1998.tb01138.x     Document Type: Article

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