Oral health of aged inpatients

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 172-176

  Kruger, Estie ^a   Tennant, Marc ^a   Badrian, Babak ^a   Gorgy, Shiva ^a   Bruce, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged inpatients; Dental; Oral health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847256583     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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