The impact of oral disease among the institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly in Hong Kong

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-54

  McMillan, Anne S ^a,c   Wong, M C M ^a   Lo, E C M ^a   Allen, P F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Faculty of Dentistry   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health status; Oral health; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIFE EVENT; MOUTH DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0037208803     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2003.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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