Saliva, Salivary Micro-organisms, and Oral Health in the Home-dwelling Old Elderly - A Five-year Longitudinal Study

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1640-1646

  Narhi T O ^a,b   Kurki, N ^a   Ainamo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Root caries; Saliva; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SECRETION; STATISTICS; TIME; YEAST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; TIME FACTORS; YEASTS;

EID: 0033278084     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345990780100901     Document Type: Article

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