Impact of aging on human salivary gland function: A community-based study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-428

  Yeh, C K ^a,b   Johnson, D A ^a   Dodds, M W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Primary aging; Protein; Saliva; Salivary flow rates

Indexed keywords

SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SALIVATION; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 0032407496     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339889     Document Type: Article

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