Oral health care status of homebound elderly in Japan

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 717-720

  Morishita, Masayuki ^a   Takaesu, Yoshinori ^b   Miyatake, Kokichi ^b   Shinsho, Fumiaki ^c   Fujioka, Michiharu ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Japan Dental Research Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living; Geriatric dentistry; Homebound elderly; Long term care; Oral health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTURES; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0035431572     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2001.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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