Oral care for successful aging in long-term care

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 326-329

  MacEntee, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Geriatrics; Long term care; Oral health; Oral hygiene; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0034280507     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2000.tb03343.x     Document Type: Article

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