Hearts and mouths: Perceptions of oral hygiene by at-risk heart surgery patients

British Dental Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 449-451

  Lowry, R J ^a   Maunder, P ^b   Steele, J G ^c   Colligan, J ^d   Beard, C A ^a   Harvey, J ^e   Erdos, G ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Durham and Tees Valley Public Health Shared Services   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 27744548906     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812744     Document Type: Article

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