Comprehensive Approach Toward Improving Oral Hygiene at a State Residential Facility for People with Mental Retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 440-445+482

  Altabet, Steven ^a   Rogers, Keith ^b   Imes, Elizabeth ^c   Boatman, Ida Mae ^d   Moncier, Janice ^c  

^a TEAM Evaluation Center   (United States)

^b Greene Valley Developmental Center ^*  (United States)

^c Greene Valley Developmental Center   (United States)

^d Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUTH HYGIENE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STAFF; TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 0345166842     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)41<440:CATIOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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