The association between oral health and general health and quality of life in older male cancer patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1504-1509

  Ingram, Sally S ^a,b   Seo, Pearl H ^b,c   Sloane, Richard ^b,c   Francis, Thomas ^c   Clipp, Elizabeth C ^b,c,d   Doyle, Martha E ^b   Montana, Gustavo S ^a,b   Cohen, Harvey J ^b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Geriatrics; Oral health; Quality of life; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ANXIETY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 27744457054     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53452.x     Document Type: Article

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