Intra-oral findings and general health conditions among institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly in Greece

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 577-582

  Triantos, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a Private Practice Limited to Oral Medicine   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elderly; General health; Greece; Oral findings

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CANDIDIASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; DEPRESSION; EDENTULOUSNESS; ELDERLY CARE; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH ULCER; NURSING HOME; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMATITIS; TATTOOING; TONGUE DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; DENTURES; DEPRESSION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; STOMATITIS, DENTURE; TONGUE; TONGUE, FISSURED; VISION DISORDERS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 27244441653     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2005.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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