Prevention of aspiration pneumonia in nursing home patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-8

  Terpenning, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DENTAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DYSPHAGIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NOTE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 11144233947     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426030     Document Type: Note

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