The impact of oral health on the quality of life in the elderly

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-275

  Nitschke, Ina ^a   Müller, Frauke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Gerodontology; OHRQoL; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOOTH DISEASE; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOOTH DISEASES; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 13844311377     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10165     Document Type: Article

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