Aspiration pneumonia: Dental and oral risk factors in an older veteran population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 557-563

  Terpenning, Margaret S ^a,d   Taylor, George W ^b   Lopatin, Dennis E ^c   Kerr, Connie Kinder ^c   Liza Dominguez, B ^c   Loesche, Walter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiology Restorative Sciences and Endodontics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Dental risk factors; Older veterans; Oral health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MICHIGAN; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; VETERANS;

EID: 0035013123     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49113.x     Document Type: Article

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