Oral health and microflora in an institutionalised elderly population in Canada

International Dental Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Kuc, I M ^a   Samaranayake, L P ^a,b   Van Heyst, E N ^a  

^a University of Hong Kong ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANDIDA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTICS; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CANDIDA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; DMF INDEX; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASES; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033068635     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.1999.tb00505.x     Document Type: Article

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