Oral care reduces pneumonia in older patients in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 430-433

  Yoneyama, Takeyoshi ^a   Yoshida, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^a   Mukaiyama, Hideki ^a   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshiba, Kanji ^a   Ihara, Shinichi ^a   Yanagisawa, Shozo ^a   Ariumi, Shiro ^a   Morita, Tomonori ^a   Mizuno, Yasuro ^a   Ohsawa, Takayuki ^a   Akagawa, Yasumasa ^a   Hashimoto, Kenji ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aspiration pneumonia; Cognitive function; Oral health; Silent aspiration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION;

EID: 0036119186     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50106.x     Document Type: Article

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