Effect of age on variability of parotid salivary gland flow rates over time

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 557-561

  Fischer, Dena ^a   Ship, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Heterogeneity; Parotid; Saliva; Variability

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVATION; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0032694972     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.6.557     Document Type: Article

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