Emotional effects of tooth loss in community-dwelling elderly people in Hong Kong

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-176

  McMillan, Anne S ^a   Wong, May C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTIST; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; EATING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 1842861496     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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